Word: pentateuch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Catholic editors: "The Pentateuch [first five books of the Bible] is substantially the work of Moses. It is a closely knit literary unit and was originally conceived as one work written for a single purpose." Say the Protestant editors: "The Pentateuch did not receive its final form until about 400 B.C. . . . The contents of Genesis preserve no hint as to the names of its authors and editors . . . Whoever the author of Genesis was, he must have had ancient sources at his disposal, for no one man could have been witness to all the events described. This means that the present...
...Torah, a parchment scroll containing the Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible), is a sacred object, seldom taken from the synagogue...