The sacred text of Judaism is the Tanach, the Jewish Bible. The word Tanach is an acronym made from the names of its threesections: Torah (Teachings), Nevi'im (Prophets), and K'tuvim (Writings).
Other texts of importance (although not considered sacred) are siddurim (prayer books) and the Talmud.)
1. HaTorah
2. HaKetubim (Writings)
3. HaNavim (Prophets)
This is the "three-book" arrangement traditional to the TANAKH which is the whole 26 books of the Jewish a/k/a Hebrew Bible.
Tanakh is a Hebrew acronym of T, N, K which stands for the three parts of the Tanakh: Torah, Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).
1) The Torah (תורה), also called the Pentateuch, is the primary Jewish holy book. It is comprised of the five Books of Moses (also called the Books of the Law). The Torah was given by God to Moses (Exodus 24:12), who transmitted it to the people and wrote it (Deuteronomy 31:24). Its chief purpose is to teach the laws of Judaism; and it also teaches us historical highlights, attitudes, guidance, beliefs and more.
1-5: The Torah (the Five Books of Moses):
• Bereisheet (Genesis)
• Shemot (Exodus)
• Vayikra (Leviticus)
• Bamidbar (Numbers)
• Devarim (Deuteronomy)
2) Nevi'im (× ×‘×™××™×), The Prophets. The Jews see the book of Prophets as the Divinely-inspired story of their past and the relationship between God and Israel.
The prophets were called upon by God to guide the people and to guide the king. While the king had authority in national matters of state, and the Sanhedrin (Sages) had say in Torah-rulings and halakha (law), the prophets spoke in matters of ethics, of belief, of loyalty to God, and behavior. They rebuked the people at God's command, they predicted events which God revealed to them, they taught through Divine inspiration, and they provided optimism and hope with the prophecies of eventual Redemption.
Jewish tradition (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b) states that the prophetic books were written by the authors whose names they bear: Joshua, Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, etc. Judges is credited to Samuel, Kings was written by Jeremiah. The Prophets contain a total of 8 books according to the Jewish count.
6-9: The Nevi'im Rishonim (the Early Prophets):
• Yehoshua (Joshua)
• Shoftim (Judges)
• Shemuel (Samuel I and II)
• Melachim (Kings I and II)
10-13: The Nevi'im Acharonim (the Later Prophets):
• Yeshayahu (Isaiah)
• Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah)
• Yechezkel (Ezekiel)
• Trei Asar ("The Twelve Prophets" or Minor Prophets)
Books and Prophets within Trei Asar:
• Hoshea (Hosea)
• Yoel (Joel)
• Amos
• Ovadiah (Obadiah)
• Yonah (Jonah)
• Michah (Micah)
• Nahum
• Havakkuk (Habakkuk)
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi 3) Ketuvim (כתובי×), Writings. The Ketuvim contains the remaining History Books: Daniel, Lamentations, and others.
Some of these prophetical chapters (or books) detail Israelite history and past events, some predict events, some serve to comfort the nation, some speak of prayer and love of God, and some speak of life, experience and wisdom.
Jewish tradition (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b) states that the prophetic books were written by the authors whose names they bear: Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, etc. Ruth was written by Samuel; Lamentations was written by Jeremiah; Psalms was set in writing by King David; Chronicles was written by Ezra; Proverbs, Song of Songs and Kohellet (Ecclesiastes) were written by King Solomon; and Esther was written by Mordecai and Esther. Concerning Job, the Talmud states more than one opinion as to when it was written. The Writings consists of 11 books by the Jewish count:
14-16: The "Sifrei Emet"
• Tehillim (Psalms)
• Mishlei (Proverbs)
• Iyov (Job)
17-21: The "Five Megilot" (Five Scrolls)
• Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs)
• Ruth
• Eichah (Lamentations)
• Kohelet (Ecclesiastes)
• Esther
22-24: The rest of the Writings:
• Daniel
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Divrei Hayamim (Chronicles I and II)
Further information:
The term "Torah" can refer loosely to the entire Jewish Bible.
Tradition places the sealing of the Tanakh's canon around 340 BCE.
Torah (תורה)
Nevi'im (Prophets) (נביאים)
Ketuvim (Writings) (כתובים).
The Scripture of Judaism is called the Tanakh. It comprises the Torah (the Teachings); the Nevi'im (the Prophets); and the Ketuvim (the Writings).The Jewish Tanakh consists of: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel (1 and 2 combined), Kings (1 and 2 combined), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, etc., combined), Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra & Nehemiah (combined), and Chronicles (1 and 2 combined). All of these are only in the original Hebrew.
The three divisions of Jewish scripture are known by the Hebrew acronym Tanakh. (That's 3 letters in Hebrew). The divisions are Torah (pentateuch), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).
There is no Hebrew word for canon. If you are referring to the Hebrew bible, it is simply called Tanakh (×ª× ×´×š), which is an acroynom for the 3 parts of the Hebrew Bible: Torah, Nevi'im (prophets), and K'tuvim (writings).
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The word "Tanakh" is the combination of all the Jewish prophets, including the Torah. The Tanakh is learned 1) because of the mitzva (Divine precept) to learn the prophecies, 2) because it contains Divine exhortations plus words of comfort, 3) because it also has the information about our forebears, and 4) because the Tanakh provides portents and precedents for all generations.
The Hebrew Bible (called "old testament" by Christians) is called Tanakh (×ª× ×´×š) in Hebrew, which is an acronym for the 3 section of the Bible: Torah, Prophets, and Writings.
'tah-NAKH' is a Hebrew 3-letter acronym, formed by the initial letters of the Hebrew words for -- Torah -- Prophets ('neh-VEE-ihm') -- Writings ('kheh-TOO-vihm') So it's just the top-level generic descriptor for its contents.
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It's called The Bible or Tanakh (×ª× ×´×š)
1) The Torah is read in a yearly cycle. 2) The Prophets are read from in portions (Haftarah) according to their connection to the weekly Torah portion. The two books of Ovadiah and Yonah are read in their entirety. 3) Various parts of the Ketuvim (part of the Tanakh) are read on appropriate occasions: many of the Tehillim (Psalms), and all of the five megilloth (Esther, Ruth, Song of Songs, Kohellet, and Eichah (Lamentations).
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