Heptateuch, a word sometimes used for the first seven books (Gr. hepta, 'seven'; teuchos, 'instrument', 'volume') of the Old Testament—formed on the analogy of Pentateuch and Hexateuch. See BIBLE, Vol. II. p. 119.
Heptateuch
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 656
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