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—Hexateuchal, adj./hek"seuh toohk', -tyoohk'/, n.the first six books of the Old Testament.[1875-80; HEXA- + (PENTA)TEUCH]
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Hexateuch — • A name commonly used by the critics to designate the first six books of the Old Testament, i.e. the Pentateuch and Josue Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hexateuch Hexateuch … Catholic encyclopedia
Hexateuch — Hex a*teuch , n. [Hexa + ? a tool, a book.] The first six books of the Old Testament. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hexateuch — (griech.), Gesamtname der fünf Bücher Mosis oder des Pentateuchs (s. d.) nebst dem dazugehörigen Buch Josua. Vgl. Wellhausen, Die Komposition des Hexateuchs (3. Aufl., Berl. 1899); Holzinger, Einleitung in den H. (Freiburg 1893) und die… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Hexateuch — [hek′sə to͞ok΄, hek′sətyo͞ok΄] n. [Ger < Gr hex, SIX + teuchos, book, after PENTATEUCH] the first six books of the Bible … English World dictionary
Hexateuch — The Hexateuch ( six scrolls ) is the first six books of the Hebrew BibleHarris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985.] (the Torah or Pentateuch and the book of Joshua). Some scholars propose that Joshua represents part… … Wikipedia
Hexateuch — Unter dem Hexateuch versteht man die ersten sechs Bücher des Alten Testaments in der Bibel, also die fünf Bücher Mose (den Pentateuch) und das Buch Josua. Der Begriff leitet sich vom Name Pentateuch für die fünf Bücher Mose ab. In der biblischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hexateuch — He|xa|teuch 〈m.; s; unz.; Theol.〉 die ersten sechs Bücher des AT, 1. bis 5. Buch Mose u. Buch Josua [<grch. hex „sechs“ + teuchos „Rüstzeug, Buch“] * * * He|xa|teuch, der; [s] [zu griech. teũchos = Buch] (christl., bes. kath. Rel.): das Buch… … Universal-Lexikon
Hexateuch — noun Etymology: hexa + Greek teuchos book more at Pentateuch Date: 1878 the first six books of the Bible … New Collegiate Dictionary
HEXATEUCH — the name given to the first six books of the Bible … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
hexateuch — The first six books of the OT, often regarded together as a theological unity in contrast to the more usually discussed Pentateuch, the first five books, commonly called the Law of Moses. Some NT scholars who have emphasized the typological… … Dictionary of the Bible
