INTRODUCTION TO THE PENTATEUCH

INTRODUCTION TO THE PENTATEUCH . By Davies Professor of old testament , University of Cambridge From Chapter 3 of The Oxford Bible Commentary edited by John Barton and John Muddiman (Oxford University Press, 2013). chapter-3. What is the PENTATEUCH ? The name PENTATEUCH ' means literally the work comprising five scrolls', from Greek pente and teukhos, which can mean scroll'. It has been used since at least early Christian times for the first five books of the OT, Genesis to Deuteronomy. The Jewish name for these books was usually and still is the law': Hebrew t r , Greek nomos or nomothesia (the latter is literally legislation'), and it is this name which appears in the NT: Lk 24:11 , What is written in the law, the prophets and the psalms', where we meet the threefold subdivision of the Hebrew canon tha

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE PENTATEUCH By G.I. Davies Professor of Old Testament, University of Cambridge From Chapter 3 of The Oxford Bible Commentary edited by John Barton and John Muddiman (Oxford University Press, 2013)

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