The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
11. What Are the Pentateuch, Hexateuch, and Enneateuch?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Jean-Louis Ska [+]
Pontifical Biblical Institute
Jean Louis Ska earned a Doctorate in biblical exegesis from the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome). He is now emeritus in the same Institute. His research includes studies on the Pentateuch and Old Testament narratives. He has published Introduction to the Reading of the Pentateuch (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006); A Basic Guide to the Old Testament (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2018); and “Plot and Story in Genesis-Exodus and Joshua-Judges,” in Book-Seams in the Hexateuch. I: The Literary Transitions between the Books of Genesis/Exodus and Joshua/Judges, Edited by
Christoph Berner and Harald Samuel (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018), 401–410.
Description
The death of Moses grants a distinctive quality to the five books of the Pentateuch. The deaths of Joshua and Eleazar, both of whom are appointed by Moses, sets off the six books of the Hexateuch from the others. The nine books of the Enneateuch offer another approach to the first part of the Hebrew Bible.