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The '''Octateuch''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɒ|k|t|ə|tj|uː|k}}, from {{lang-grc|ἡ ὀκτάτευχος|he oktateuchos|"eight-part book"}}) is a traditional name for the first eight books of the ], comprising the ], plus the ], the ] and the ].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|volume=12 |page=123 | wstitle=Pentateuch}}.</ref> These texts make up the first eight books of the ], which provided the ordering used in traditional Christian Bibles. This order is quite different from that of the ] of the Jewish Bible, where Ruth is considered part of the third section of the canon, the ], and is found after the ], being the second of the ].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=483&letter=R | title = Jewish Encyclopedia | contribution = Ruth, book of}}.</ref> |
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The '''Octateuch''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɒ|k|t|ə|tj|uː|k}}, from {{lang-grc|ἡ ὀκτάτευχος|he oktateuchos|"eight-part book"}}) is a traditional name for the first eight books of the ], comprising the ], plus the ], the ] and the ].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|volume=12 |page=123 | wstitle=Pentateuch}}.</ref> These texts make up the first eight books of the ], which provided the ordering used in traditional Christian Bibles. This order is quite different from that of the ] of the Jewish Bible, where Ruth is considered part of the third section of the canon, the ], and is found after the ], being the second of the ].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=483&letter=R | title = Jewish Encyclopedia | contribution = Ruth, book of}}.</ref> This is also the collection of books used by the Ethiopian ] Jewish community.<ref>{{Citation | url = https://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/library/news/Pages/Orit.aspx | title = The National Library of Israel | contribution = After Centuries: A Rare Bible of the Jews of Ethiopia Reaches Jerusalem}}.</ref> |