Talk:Pentateuch
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[edit] Archaic?
I removed the reference to the Pentateuch being archaic. I could ask just about any Christian I know to tell me what Pentateuch means, and they would say it was the first five books of the Bible. It may be archaic in Jewish circles (?), but among Christians it is current.
I may just not be looking under the right heading but it seems to me that some discussion of the order of the writings in the pentateuch is always a good idea. (The same goes for the New Testament.)This is especially the case if we look at the Bible as historians. I think Exodus should come first. Anyone agree with me?oldcitycat 15:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Groupings
I added a groupings section to discuss the 4/5/6 book options. I have removed the stub mark as I don't think there is much more that can be said about this topic that isn't covered here or in the Torah article. Codec 13:42, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Perhaps merge with the torah?
I think this article would perhaps best be merged with the article on the torah, since the pentateuch and the torah are the same exact books. The only reason I could think of to keep them separate would be to abstain from offending anyone who wouldn't like to see the two terms used together. (I'm of the impression that "pentateuch" is used more frequently among Christian people than Jewish ones?)
- No, I don't think anyone (Christian or Jewish) would be offended by this. It is basically a neutral term, though probably not the most popular one. Nevertheless, though no one is likely to be offended by either term, there are good reasons to keep them separate in terms of their usage. See here. Dovi 07:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
