What is the Jews Bible called?

Answer 1

The Jewish holy book is the Tanakh (Hebrew 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). In total, the Tanakh has 24 books.They are: 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.

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Answer 2

The Jewish holy book is the Tanakh (Hebrew 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). In total, the Tanakh has 24 books.

Answer 3

The Jewish Bible is called the Tanach. The word Tanach is an acronym representing its three sections: Torah (Teachings), Nevi'im (Prophets), K'tuvim (Writings).

Answer 4

The Jewish Bible is called the Tanakh. This word is actually an acronym made up of the names of its three sections: Torah (Teachings), Nevi'im (Prophets), and K'tuvim (Writings).

Answer 5

The Jewish Bible is called the 'Tanach'. The word Tanach is an acronym made from the names of its three sections: Torah (Teachings), Nevi'im (Prophets), and K'tuvim (Writings).

Answer 6

The Jewish Bible is called the 'Tanach'. The word Tanach is an acronym made from the names of the three sections of the Tanach: Torah (Teachings), Nevi'im (Prophets), and K'tuvim (Writings).

Answer 7

The Jewish Bible is called Tanach. The word Tanach is actually an acronym representing its three sections: Torah (Teachings), Nevi'im (Prophets), K'tuvim (Writings).

Answer 8

In English, they called it the Hebrew Bible, and they still call it that today. In Hebrew it's called Tanakh (תנ״ך)

Answer 9

The Hebrew Bible is called the Tanakh.