A general name for the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. From the Jewish perspective, it is the part called Torah (Law), and it has a particularly important position in the Bible as a whole. It is sometimes simply called the Pentateuch, but that name follows the Greek word pentatoikos (meaning five books). In terms of content, it is a magnificent piece of historical literature that covers the period from the creation of the world to the death of Moses, and has been transmitted through four traditional materials in a variety of styles, including myths, legends, stories, poetry, and law, and has been compiled into its present-day form through several editing stages. The issue of material criticism regarding the transmission history of the Pentateuch is one of the most interesting areas of Old Testament studies. [Yamagata Takao] [References] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
『旧約聖書』の最初の五つの書「創世記」「出エジプト記」「レビ記」「民数記」「申命記」に対する総括的名称。ユダヤ教の立場からはトーラーTorah(律法)とよばれる部分であり、聖書全体に占める地位はとりわけ重い。単に五書とよばれる場合もあるが、それはギリシア語ペンタトイコス(五巻の意味)に従った呼称である。内容的には、天地創造からモーセの死までを含む壮大な歴史文学で、神話、伝説、物語、詩歌、律法など多彩な様式からなる四つの伝承資料を通して伝えられ、いくつかの編集段階を経て、今日の形に結集された。五書の伝承史をめぐる資料批判の問題は、旧約聖書学のもっとも興味深い分野に属している。 [山形孝夫] [参照項目] |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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