Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures; the Torah.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first five books of the Old Testament, regarded as a connected group.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; -- called also the
Law of Moses ,Book of the Law of Moses , etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The
Torah : the firstfive books of theBible :Genesis ,Exodus ,Leviticus ,Numbers , andDeuteronomy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Moses, to whom the Pentateuch is attributed, notices his own death and burial — “the mair the miracle,” said the old Scotch lady.
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But, substantially, the Pentateuch is the genuine work of Moses, and many, who once impugned its claims to that character, and looked upon it as the production of a later age, have found themselves compelled, after a full and unprejudiced investigation of the subject, to proclaim their conviction that its authenticity is to be fully relied on.
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In Greek, they are referred to as the Pentateuch (five books) and in Hebrew as the Torah (instruction).
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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In Greek, they are referred to as the Pentateuch (five books) and in Hebrew as the Torah (instruction).
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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In Greek, they are referred to as the Pentateuch (five books) and in Hebrew as the Torah (instruction).
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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In Greek, they are referred to as the Pentateuch (five books) and in Hebrew as the Torah (instruction).
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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The Pentateuch is normally considered to contain the first five books -- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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The Christian arrangement still has three categories; the Pentateuch is sometimes regarded as part of the historic books.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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The Pentateuch is normally considered to contain the first five books -- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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The Christian arrangement still has three categories; the Pentateuch is sometimes regarded as part of the historic books.
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