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Bible Question: In
reading your answer to the question about why Jews do not believe
in Jesus you mention that the Jews, read the Tanakh. I thought they
read the Torah. Is this another version of the Torah just like we
have different versions of the Bible?
Bible Answer: The
Tanakh is a Jewish name for the Old Testament. The term Old Testament
is a Chrstian term which refers to the sacred books written before
Jesus Christ. We believe that God has added new revelation or books
after Jesus Christ and so we call them the New Testament. Together,
the Old and New Testaments are called the Bible.
Tanakh. The Tanakh includes all
of the Old Testament books. They are arranged into different groups
and into a different order from their order in the Bible. The Tanakh
includes sections called the Torah, the Nev'im or "The Prophets," and the Kethuvim
or "The Writings." The Tanakh is an acronym of the Torah, Nev'im, and Kethuvim:
TaNaKh.
Here is the order of the books within the Torah, The Writings, and
the The Prophets.
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TORAH
|
The
Prophets |
The
Writings |
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| Genesis |
| Exodus |
| Leviticus |
| Numbers |
| Deuteronomy |
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| Joshua |
| Judges |
| 1-2
Samuel |
| 1-2
Kings |
| Isaiah |
| Jeremiah |
| Ezekiel |
| The
Twelve |
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Hosea |
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Joel |
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Amos |
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Obadiah |
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Jonah |
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Micah |
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Nahum |
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Habbakuk |
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Zephaniah |
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Haggai |
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Zechariah |
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Malachi |
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| Psalms |
| Proverbs |
| Job |
| Song
of Solomon |
| Ruth |
| Lamentations |
| Ecclesiastes |
| Esther |
| Daniel |
| Ezra |
| Nehemiah |
| 1
and 2 Chronicles |
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