by
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2014
The Pentateuch, the name by which the first five books of the Bible are designated, is derived from two Greek words, pente, "five," and teuchos, a "volume," thus signifying the fivefold volume. Originally these books formed one continuous work, as in the Hebrew manuscripts they...