Aphorisms 2–4: Old Testament canonical books; historical, poetic, prophetic; the books of Moses and the groups of three and eight books
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II.The canonical books of the Old Testament are no others than those of which it is catholically established that they were written in Hebrew and partly in Chaldean, and were acknowledged as divine by the ancient Jewish Church.
III.The canonical books of the Old Testament are partly historical, partly poetic, partly prophetic.
IV.The historical are the Pentateuch, the Triteuch, and the Octateuch. The word Pentateuch is commonly known; Triteuch stands in Athanasius's Letter to Marcellinus page 581; Octateuch in Procopius of Gaza the sophist's commentary on the eight books of the Old Testament.
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II. Veteris Testamenti libri canonici non alii sunt, quam de quibus catholice constat, Hebraice & partim Chaldaice scriptos, a prisca Judaeorum Ecclesia pro divinis agnitos fuisse. III. Libri Canonici V.T. sunt partim historici, partim poetici, partim prophetici. IV. Historici sunt Pentateuchus, Triteuchus & Octateuchus. Pentateuchi vox in vulgus nota est: Triteuchi extat apud Athanasium epistola ad Marcellinum pag. 581. Octateuchi apud Procopium Gazaeum sophistam commentario in octo libros V.T.