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What is the Jewish holy book called?

April 26, 2017book called Holy Jewish

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What is the Jewish holy book called?

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We call it the Bible (or Holy Scriptures). Another surprise! That, of course, is the English term. The Hebrew word is Tanach (sometimes also rendered Tanakh). “Tanach” is an acronym, constructed from the three sections of the Bible, Torah (the Law), Nevi’im (the Prophets), and Kesuvim [Ketuvim] (the Writings or Hagiographa). In the modern rendering, these constitute 39 books, although the division into two books of Samuel, Kings, etc. is an artifact which postdates the construction of the Jewish scriptural canon.