資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pentateuch \Pen"ta*teuch\, n. [L. pentateuchus, Gr. ?; ? (see
{Penta-}) + ? a tool, implement, a book, akin to ? to
prepare, make ready, and perh. to E. text. See {Five}, and
{Text}.]
The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; --
called also the {Law of Moses}, {Book of the Law of Moses},
etc.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Law of Moses
n : the laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave
to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules
of religious observance given in the first five books of
the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the
Torah) [syn: {Mosaic law}]