Explore: Tetrateuch

Joshua and Judges. The first four of these are sometimes called the Tetrateuch, the first five are commonly known as the Torah or the Pentateuch, the

Dionysia as part of a competition. Tetrateuch is a sometime name for the first four books of the Bible. The Tetrateuch plus Deuteronomy are collectively

of the Hebrew Bible—particularly the Deuteronomistic History and the Tetrateuch—were composed specifically to establish and reinforce a distinct Israelite

(6th century BCE), and associate it with editorial reworking of both the Tetrateuch and Jeremiah. Since the mid-20th century, scholars have imagined the Deuteronomists

reinforce a threatened Judean identity. In another work, he focused on the Tetrateuch—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers—arguing that these books were

Judaica. Retrieved 17 April 2015 – via Jewish Virtual Library. "Hexateuch, Tetrateuch, and the Deuteronomic History". www.crivoice.org. Hill, Andrew E. (2009)

for God. John Van Seters notes that within the first four books, the Tetrateuch – that is, omitting Deuteronomy – "there are two accounts of creation