How is the Jewish Bible presented?

Answer 1

1) It's in the original language. Translations lose all but the simplest level of meaning.

2) It has cantillation-marks, which provide punctuation and further meaning or feeling.

3) Samuel (1&2) is one book. The same for Kings and Chronicles.

4) The Twelve (Hosea, Yoel, Amos, etc.) are counted as one.

5) Ezra and Nehemiah are counted as one.

6) It contains: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, etc.), Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra & Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

7) According to an ancient tradition, the Hebrew Bible contains two levels of paragraph-divisions. Today's chapter numbers are recent (~600 years) and non-traditional.

8) The handwritten scrolls contain no vowels. The vowels may be found in the printed text.

Answer 2

1) It's in the original language. Translations lose all but the simplest level of meaning.
2) It has cantillation-marks, which provide punctuation and further meaning or feeling.
3) Samuel (1&2) is one book. The same for Kings and Chronicles.
4) The Twelve (Hosea, Yoel, Amos, etc.) are counted as one.
5) Ezra and Nehemiah are counted as one.
6) There are twenty-four books; anything else is apocrypha and is not accepted or studied. The 24 are:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, etc.), Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra & Nehemiah, and Chronicles (all only in the original Hebrew).
7) According to an ancient tradition, the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) contains two levels of paragraph-divisions. Today's chapter numbers are recent (~600 years) and non-traditional.
8) The handwritten scrolls contain no vowels. The vowels may be found in the printed text.See also the Related Links.

Link: What is the history of the Hebrew Bible?

Link: Some facts about Torah-scrolls

Link: How was the Torah written?

Link: Refuting the Bible-critics

Answer 3

1) It's in the original language. Translations lose all but thesimplest level of meaning.2) It has cantillation-marks, which provide punctuation and furthermeaning or feeling.3) Samuel (1&2) is one book. The same for Kings and Chronicles.4) The Twelve (Hosea, Yoel, Amos, etc.) are counted as one.5) Ezra and Nehemiah are counted as one.6) It contains: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy,Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, theTwelve Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, etc.), Psalms, Proverbs, Job,Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel,Ezra & Nehemiah, and Chronicles.7) According to an ancient tradition, the Hebrew Bible contains twolevels of paragraph-divisions. Today's chapter numbers are recent(~600 years) and non-traditional.8) The handwritten scrolls contain no vowels. The vowels may befound in the printed text.