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Jews primarily use the first five books of the Law (Pentateuch) which they call the Torah as a basis for their Religious Law. Jews also consider the stories of the Old Testament to be a narrative of their history. Jews do not read the New Testament or if they do, they do so as a piece of literature, and not as a holy scripture.
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∙ 13y agoThe Jewish Bible is called 'Tanach'. The word Tanach is an acronym made up of the names of its three sections: Torah (Teachings), Nevi'im (Prophets), K'tuvim (Writings).
The Christian Old Testament was based on the Tanach, however, it was altered by the Church to support the teachings of Christianity. The majority of Jews do not view the Christian OT as a valid religious text for Jews.
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∙ 14y agoHebrew - and also Yiddish - are written in the Hebrew alphabet. I am wondering whether or not you mean scripture rather than script. I am no expert but I believe the Jewish people regard the Torah as their scripture, and as the previous answer suggests the language would be the ancient Hebrew alphabet
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∙ 10y agoThe Jewish scripture is the Tanakh (Jewish Bible), containing the Torah and the prophetic books.
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 5 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).
1-5: The Torah (the Five Books of Moses):
• Bereshit (Genesis)
• Shemot (Exodus)
• VaYikra (Leviticus)
• BaMidbar (Numbers)
• Devarim (Deuteronomy)
2) Nevi'im (×?בי××™×), The Prophets. The Jews see the book of Prophets as the Divinely-inspired story of their past and the relationship between God and Israel. 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 is comprised of a total of 8 books according to the Jewish count.
6-9: The Nevi'im Rishonim (the Early Prophets):
• Yehoshua (Joshua)
• Shoftim (Judges)
• Shmuel (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. 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"
• Tehilim (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.
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∙ 13y agoThe Jewish Bible is called 'Tanach'. The word Tanach is an acronym made up of the names of its three sections: Torah (Teachings), Nevi'im (Prophets), K'tuvim (Writings).
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∙ 12y agoThe Jewish bible is the Torah, or what is known to Christians as the Old Testament.
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What is a word used by Jews to refer to their scriptures?
Torah
How do you use phylacteries in a sentence?
Orthodox Jews wear phylacteries as a reminder of their Scriptures.
Why did the first christians refer to the Jewish scriptures when talking about the resurrection?
The first Christians were Jews and were accustomed to Jewish scriptures which became Christian scripture as well.
What do Muslims believe Jews and Christians did to the original teachings of god?
Muslims believe that Jews and Christians corrupted the Scriptures given to them with the purpose of strengthening their power.
Why was the apocrypha include in the bible?
The apocrypha was NOT included in the Bible. These are the books rejected by Jews who cannonized the scriptures.
Are the Hebrew Scriptures still used today?
Yes, by millions of Jews and more than a billion Christians.
What is the most significant section in the Hebrew scriptures?
Most Jews would say that the Torah is the most significant section.
How could Daniel offer comfort to Jews during times of holocust?
Daniel was protected in a way that the Jews of the Holocaust were not, but certainly individual people will have taken comfort from different parts of the scriptures.
Who was the first to read the Hebrew scriptures in an Aramaic paraphrase?
The Jews began doing this around the 1st or 2nd Centuries BCE.
Was the Septuagint just the first 5 books of the Bible?
AnswerNo. The first five books of the Bible are called the Pentateuch.The Septuagint ('LXX') was an early Greek translation of all the Hebrew scriptures. It certainly began with the translation of the Pentateuch, as these were regarded as the five most important scriptures, but the project continued until all the scriptures were available to the Jews of the diaspora, who could not read the scriptures in Hebrew.
What is people of the book?
They are the Jews & the Christians, they are called so because they had received holy scriptures from Allah (God) before the message of Muhammad PBUH.
Was Jesus really excorcized by the Jews?
Though the scriptures do not give us any indication that the Jews performed and form of exorcism on Christ behalf, does not mean that some may have tried to exorcise the evil spirits which they thought possessed him.
