Is the Old Testament the same as the Hebrew Bible?

Answer 1

The books are the same in translation, other than the fact that the Christians changed the order of the books. Jews themselves don't call it Old, since what others call the New books are not part of the Jewish canon.

Answer 2

Yes and no.Yes, because a quick look at the names of the sacred Jewish books implies that they constitute the O.T. and are the same thing.

The books of the Jewish Bible 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.

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However, there are some important differences.

One difference is that the Jewish Bible (the Tanakh) is only in the original Hebrew. Any translation, whether done by Jews or Gentiles, is, at best, no more than an indication of what the Tanakh is saying. The translations leave out all or most of the Hebrew Bible's accompanying oral tradition, its traditional musical chant (cantillation, which provides punctuation and emotion), and the fact that many verses teach us a number of things.

Another difference is that the Christian Old Testament may contain a few books that are not in the Tanakh (such as the books of Judith and Sirach [and others] which are in the Catholic O.T.).

Answer 3

They are identical. Jews themselves don't call it Old, since what others call the New books are not part of the Jewish canon.