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Jewish Scripture consists of 24 books, broken down into three sections:
 
Jewish Scripture consists of 24 books, broken down into three sections:
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*'''Torah'''--The Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
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*'''[[Torah]]'''--The Five Books of [[Moses]]: [[Genesis]], [[Exodus]], [[Leviticus]], [[Numbers]] and [[Deuteronomy]]
    
*'''Nevi'im''' --The Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the 12 minor prophets
 
*'''Nevi'im''' --The Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the 12 minor prophets
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*'''Ketuvim'''---The Writings: Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Chronicles.
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*'''Ketuvim'''---The Writings: [[Psalms]], Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, [[Esther (Biblical book)|Esther]], [[Daniel (Biblical book)|Daniel]], Ezra, Chronicles.
    
The Torah is divided into portions that are read during synagogue services over the course of the liturgical year. Jews refer to all 24 sacred books as the ''Tanakh,'' an acronym of the three sections.  The Old Testament is the Tanakh, except with some different naming and a different ordering than the Jewish version.
 
The Torah is divided into portions that are read during synagogue services over the course of the liturgical year. Jews refer to all 24 sacred books as the ''Tanakh,'' an acronym of the three sections.  The Old Testament is the Tanakh, except with some different naming and a different ordering than the Jewish version.
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