n. Bible
The first seven books of the Old Testament.
[Greek heptateukhos, volume containing seven books : hepta-, hepta- + teukhos, case for papyrus rolls, book.]
Heptateuch
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Hep·ta·teuch (hĕp'tə-tūk', -tyūk') 
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n. Bible
The first seven books of the Old Testament.
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The Heptateuch (seven containers) is a name sometimes given to the first seven books of the Hebrew Bible. The first five of these are commonly known as "the five books of Moses", the Torah or the Pentateuch; the first six as the the Hexateuch. With the addition of the Book of Ruth, it becomes the Octateuch.
The seven books are:
Augustine of Hippo produced a piece called Questions on the Heptateuch. Ælfric of Eynsham produced an Old English version of the Heptateuch.
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