Increasing your biblical knowledge or hope just to inspire it? It's always fun to have a few extra points of interest or simply a fresh and new point of view. The first books of the bible are known as the Pentateuch. Assembled by the early religious scholars, these five books are the foundation to an early learning of God, Moses, Jesus, and the over all study of a messiah.
Each book has a unique example of a historical background that tells of the very earliest day of mankind while under the protection of an almighty God. Each story is about how one certain forefather lived and survived among men who have very little interest in a one god destiny. From Adam and Eve to Abraham and Isaac, the five books introduce the collection of historical books.
The word 'Pentateuch' was first created in the 15th century (Bible History.com), and it became the only work for this prelude. Though very little is known about who wrote the books in several passage in each context there are mentions of persons who sat and wrote letters, poems, transcripts of one kind or another. Scholars do agree that it was the Eastern monasteries who collected the ancient manuscripts, cleaned up the literature, and formed the five books as a part of the entire holy collection of scriptural books, letters, and notes. All this work was completed in about 1200 AD. So the word Pentateuch is not formally religious, but the suggestion make by scholars almost 400 years later. -
THE PENTATEUCH
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Genesis
• Translated into what is known as Original Greek, the beginning languages were a collection of Middle- Eastern folklore with poetic interests that helped to give the ancient manuscripts better support as a cultural piece of literature. Though some of the original contents wouldn't seem to be poetry or fables, the eastern monasteries scribes recorded those parchments as that. "In the beginning" is the traditional term used when describing Genesis and it does tell of the beginning of mankind when applied to the religious manna of the One God. The first book called Genesis is considered to be the book that records the beginning of everything, "because it gives an account of the origin of all things. It contains, according to the usual computation, the history of about two thousand three hundred and sixty-nine years" sic, 2,369 years (Easton's BD).
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Exodus
• A mass departure, or emigration (MWD)
• This book contains the stories about the continual mass movements of the Egyptian Jews who want to exercise the laws of Ankh (About.com). Many of those Egyptian laws are apart of the Mosiac Laws that are also a part of this second biblical book.
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Leviticus
• Though most of this book is the ancient laws given by Moses, not all the laws were foretold by that prophet. Aaron, Moses' brother, and Zoroaster the third holy priest also contributed to the histories and laws dedications.
• Leviticus also opens up the stories of Abraham, Lot, and the major prophets who's scriptural accounts are still not entirely understood.
Numbers
• The names, dates, and relationships of the Egyptian Jews were recorded from the moment the patriarch first began to record the activities of the mass migration away from the nation of Egypt. Marriages, children, and close relatives were all noted on parchments and kept in the upper-rooms, or inner-courts of the traveling temples which every high priest kept in perfect order. So too are the records recorded in the Book of Numbers.
• In some chapters there are laws for special events, such as the Nazarite Order.
Deuteronomy
• This book is also a law book but it is more closely written in a poetic verse then by a simple story teller. Zoroaster the Jewish high priest scripted most of this book even though Moses' name seems to get all the attention. Zoroastrianism is the primary religion in today's world that is the direct descendant of these three first records of the One God beliefs. For those who are interested, Zoroastrians feel that Judaism is a branch of Christianity...ancient historian scholars say that there is no reason to dispute that remark.
• Following the Book of Deuteronomy, the Holy Bible begins its history records of the One God believers in the ancient middle, central, and upper eastern nations of the fertile crescent known as Egypt, the Middle East nations, Greece, and ancient Italy.
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All five books are necessary to fully understand who and just what the One God belief was at the beginning. Though the books can be complicated, they make for wonderful reading and well gifted stories that have proven to entertain even if the entertaining stories don't have all the facts straight. Multi-cultural influences, diverse translations, and modern progress all have added to the many versions to the original source. For worse or for the better, these are the beginning of mankind within the One God belief.
Blessed is the LORD, and all who serve with truth and faithfulness will be blessed by Him. Amen.
