The first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, called in Hebrew Bereshit, Shemot, Vayiqra, Bemidbar, Debarim
the Christian name for the first five books of the Old Testament of the Bible, which people believe were written by Moses, and which Jewish people call the "Torah
(from the Greek, penta-) comes from the word for five (like Humash- see above) The Pentateuch volume also typically contains the weekly Haftarah readings associated with each Shabbat
Literally "five jars/scrolls," this is the Greek term for the first five books of the Jewish Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy), known in Hebrew as the Torah or instruction Scholars now believe that the first four of these books were compiled over centuries from and by four different traditions, the Yahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomist (responsible for the entire book of Deuteronomy as well), and the Priestly
is a name derived from Greek for the first five books of the Old Testament commonly known in Hebrew as the Humash (Soulen, Handbook of Biblical Criticism)
[ 'pen-t&-"tük, -"ty&uu ] (noun.) 15th century. From Ancient Greek πεντάτευχος (pentateukhos), from Ancient Greek πέντε (pente, “five”) + τεῦχος (teukhos, “tool, scroll, book”).