Heptateuch
Heptateuch ( Greek ἑπτάτευχος , actually seven vessel ) is the name for a font that contains seven parts.
It is primarily a name for the first seven books of the Hebrew Bible ( Old Testament ) in Greek and other Christian translations. It consists of the books: Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers , Deuteronomy , Joshua and Judges . These tell the story of Israel from the beginning of the world to before the royal era. The term is not used in the Jewish tradition.
Only a few Old Testament Heptateuch manuscripts are known
- Heptateuch, 7th century, Bibliothèque Municipale , Lyon
- Old English Heptateuch, 11th century, Bodleian Library , Oxford , Ms. Laud. Misc. 509
Commentaries on the Heptateuch have come down to us from, among others, Gregory the Great and Augustine .
Heptateuch is also a name for writings on the seven liberal arts of antiquity, including by Thierry von Chartres in the 12th century.
literature
- Jörg O. Fichte, Fritz Kemmler: Old and Middle English literature. Narr study books, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 978-3823361275 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Samuel J. Crawford (Ed.): The Old English Version of the Heptateuch, Ælfric's Treatise on the Old and New Testament and His Preface to Genesis , Early English Text Society, Old Series , Volume 160. Oxford University Press, London 1969.
- ^ Iosephus Zycha (ed.): Sancti Avreli Avgvstini Quaetionvm in Heptatevchvm libri VII. Adnotationvm in Iob liber vnvs. In: Sancti Avreli Avgvstini Opera , sectio III, pars 3. Vindobonae (Vienna) 1895.