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The term '''Hexateuch''' means "six scrolls". It is used to refer to the first six books of the [[Hebrew]] [[Torah]] and [[Christian]] [[Bible]]. It is the [[Pentateuch]] and [[Joshua (Biblical book)|Joshua]], the book of the conquest of the of the Promised Land.
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The term '''Hexateuch''' means "six scrolls". The term refers to the first six books of the [[Hebrew]] [[Torah]] and the [[Christian]] [[Bible]], namely [[Genesis]], [[Exodus]], [[Leviticus]], [[Numbers]], [[Deuteronomy]] and [[Joshua (Biblical book)|Joshua]]. <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07318a.htm The Catholic Encyclopaedia entry for Hexateuch]</ref>
The Hexateuch covers the early Biblical history, from the [[Creation]], to the conquest of the of the Promised Land.
==See also==
*[[Pentateuch]]
==References==
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