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Pentateuch

the first five books of the Old Testament regarded as a unity
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Pentateuch

 

the first five books of the Bible, also known as the Law and, in Hebrew, the Torah.

The Pentateuch includes the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The core of the Pentateuch was created during the ninth to seventh centuries B.C. Deuteronomy was formulated in 622 B.C., during the reforms of the Jewish king Josiah. The final redaction and codification of the Pentateuch were carried out in the fifth century B.C. in connection with the religious and political reforms of Ezra.

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