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| − | '''Tanakh''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''תנ״ך''') is an acronym referring to the [[Hebrew]] [[Bible]], formed from the names of its three parts:
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| − | *[[Torah]] (''Instruction'')
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| − | *Nevi'im (''Prophets'')
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| − | *K'tuvim (''Sacred Writings'')
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| − | It is considered the compendium of the teachings of God to human beings in document form, using direct communication with [[Moses|Moshe]]; communicating through the Prophets and Prophetesses of the [[Judaism|Jewish]] people; and through works inspired by "Ruach HaKodesh," the Holy Spirit, in the Sacred Writings.
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| − | The composition of the ''Tanakh'' was determined by the ''Anshei K'nesset HaGedolah'' (Men of the Great Assembly), under the influence of the Holy Spirit. It consists of twenty-four Books, where first and second volumes of one work are counted as one, and where all the twelve Books of the ''Shneim-'Asar,'' (Twelve Prophets) are also considered as one.
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| − | The twenty-four Books are:
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| − | I '''Torah'''
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| − | *1-5: Torat Moshe/'''תּוֹרַת־מֹשֶׁה''' (The [[Pentateuch]]):
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| − | **B'resheet/'''בראשית''' ([[Genesis]])
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| − | **Sh'mot/'''שמות''' ([[Exodus]])
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| − | **VaYikra/'''ויקרא''' ([[Leviticus]])
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| − | **B'midbar/'''במדבר''' ([[Numbers]])
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| − | **D'varim/'''דברים''' ([[Deuteronomy]])
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| − | II '''Nevi'im'''/'''נביאים'''
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| − | *6-9: Nevi'im Rishonim/'''נביאים ראשונים''' (Early Prophets):
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| − | **Y'hoshua/'''יהושע '''([[Joshua]])
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| − | **Shoftim/'''שופטים''' ([[Judges]])
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| − | **Sh'mu'el I and II/'''שמואל''' ([[Samuel]] 1 and 2)
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| − | **M'lakhim/'''מלכים''' [[Kings]] 1 and 2)
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| − | *10-13: Nevi'im Acharonim/'''נביאים אחרונים''' (Later Prophets):
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| − | **Yesha'yahu/'''ישעיה''' ([[Isaiah]])
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| − | **Yirmiyahu/'''ירמיה ''' ([[Jeremiah]])
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| − | **Yechezk'el/'''יחזקאל''' ([[Ezekiel]])
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| − | **Shneim-'Asar/'''תרי עשר''':
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| − | ***Hoshea/'''הושע''' ([[Hosea]])
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| − | ***Yo'el/'''יואל''' ([[Joel]])
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| − | ***Amos/'''עמוס''' ([[Amos]])
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| − | ***Ovadyah/'''עובדיה''' ([[Obadiah]])
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| − | ***Yonah/'''יונה''' ([[Jonah]])
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| − | ***Mikhah/'''מיכה''' ([[Micah]])
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| − | ***Nachum/'''נחום''' ([[Nahum]])
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| − | ***Khavakuk/'''חבקוק''' ([[Habakkuk]])
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| − | ***Tz'fanyah/'''צפניה''' ([[Zephaniah]])
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| − | ***Khagai/'''חגי''' ([[Haggai]]
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| − | ***Z'kharyah/'''זכריה''' ([[Zechariah]])
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| − | ***Mal'akhi/'''מלאכי''' ([[Malachi]])
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| − | III '''K'tuvim'''/'''כתובים'''
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| − | *14-16: Sifrei Emet (Books of Truth):
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| − | **Tehilim/'''תהלים''' ([[Psalms]])
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| − | **Mishlei/'''משלי''' ([[Proverbs]])
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| − | **Iyov/'''איוב''' ([[Job]])
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| − | *17-21: The Five Megilot (Five Scrolls):
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| − | **Shir-HaShirim/'''שיר השירים''' ([[Song of Solomon]]/[[Song of Songs]])
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| − | **Rut/'''רות''' ([[Ruth]])
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| − | **Eikhah/'''איכה''' ([[Lamentations]])
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| − | **Kohelet/'''קהלת''' ([[Ecclesiastes]])
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| − | **Ester/'''אסת''' ([[Esther]])
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| − | *22-24: Other Writings:
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| − | **Dani'el/'''דניאל''' ([[Daniel]])
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| − | **Ezra-Nechemyah/'''עזרא ונחמיה''' ([[Ezra-Nehemiah]])
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| − | **Divrei-HaYamim/'''דברי הימים''' ([[Chronicles]] 1 and 2)
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | *[[Philosophy]]
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| − | *[[Jewish philosophy]]
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| − | [[Category:Old Testament]]
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| − | [[Category:Judaism]]
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