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The sacred scriptures of the Jewish Religion are the Torah, Prophets, and 'Writings', corresponding to the 'Old Testament' up to the books of Chronicles, plus the 'Megillot' of Esther, Ruth, Lamentations, Song of Songs, and Ecclesiastes.
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