单词 | heptateuch |
释义 | Heptateuchn. A volume consisting of seven books; a name sometimes given to the first seven books of the Bible, treated as a section having some historical unity; on the analogy of Pentateuch, the recognized name of the first five books. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > book in several parts Pentateuch1656 tripartite1657 Heptateuch1678 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Heptateuch Heptateuch1678 1678 Lively Orac. iv. xxi. 291 Let her learn..the Heptateuch, or books of Moses, Joshua, and Judges. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Heptateuch, in Matters of Literature, a Volume consisting of seven Books. 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 27 217 The Anglo-Saxon Heptateuch published by Thwaites, at Oxford, in 1698. 1819 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 22 71 Some one was to read aloud, from the Collations of Cassian, the lives of the Fathers, or some other edifying book, but not the Heptateuch, nor the other historical books of the Old Testament. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678 |
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