1. pentateuch - Noun
2. Pentateuch - Proper noun
The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; -- called also the Law of Moses, Book of the Law of Moses, etc.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhat worthwhile book after the Pentateuch has been written by a committee? George Steiner
We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It was not until the Twelfth Century of our era that the Pentateuch as a whole was subjected to rational scrutiny. Baruch Spinoza
The Samaritans (whose beginnings were pre-Josianic) have a Pentateuch quite similar to the familiar Jewish Pentateuch. ...our Pentateuchal text was fairly well established before the rift between the Samaritans and Judeans. Cyrus H. Gordon
The incorporation of... earlier sources does not mean that the Pentateuch or Former Prophets is the work of an editor who pasted together various docuements. Once we view the work as a whole, we see that it is a fresh creation though not a creatio ex nihilo. Cyrus H. Gordon
According to Martin Noth, at the Southern Palestinian stage of the growth of the Pentateuch tradition, Isaac became established as one of the biblical patriarchs, but his traditions were receded in the favor of Abraham. Source: Internet