the first five books of the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Traditionally ascribed to Moses, it is now held by scholars to be a compilation from texts of the 9th to 5th centuries
《五经》(《旧约全书》的前五卷,即《创世纪》,《出埃及记》,《利未记》,《民数记》和《申命记》,传统上认为是由摩西所作,现在学者认为是由公元前9世纪至前5世纪经文编辑而成;犹太名
"via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek