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The Orthodox Jewish Canonical scriptures, known as the Tanakh, consists of twenty-four distinct books detailing the plight and history of the Jewish people. The TaNaKh is an acronym for the three sections of the Hebrew Bible. The traditional Tanakh is arranged into 3 major sets of books. They are:
The Torah: This collection of books consists of the Hebrew law. The Torah contains the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible and is sometimes called the Pentateuch, or "Five Texts" by Christians.
In chronological order, the five books are the Bere'shith [Genesis], Shemoth [Exodus], Vayikra [Leviticus], Bemidbar [Numbers], and Devarim [Deuteronomy].
Nevi'im: This is the collection of scriptures known as the Prophets. The books are divided into two periods, the Early Prophets and the Late Prophets.
The beginning section, the Early Prophets, contains the books of Yo'heshua [Joshua], Shoptim [Judges], Sh'mael [Samuel], and M'lakhim [Kings].
The Late Prophets contains Y'shayahu [Isaiah], Yir'mi'yahu [Jeremiah], Y'khez'qel [Ezekiel], and the Twelve Minor Prophets (commonly referred to as the "Minor Prophets").
Kethuvim: This group of books is called the Writings. In Greek, these books are commonly referred to as the Hagiographa, meaning "Holy Writings." This book contains three distinct divisions:
—Sefrei Emit: Book of Truth, meaning T'hilim [Psalms], Mishlei [Proverbs], and Lyob [Job].
—Megilot: The 5 Scrolls, which are the Shir Hashirim [Song of Songs], Ruth, Eik'hah [Lamentations], Qohelet [Ecclesiastes], and Esther.
—Additional Writings: Daniel, Ezra, and Divrey Hayamim [Chronicals].
Moreover, the 24 books of the Tanakh are also the same canons found in the Catholic and Protestant Canon (excluding the Apocrypha), which are arranged differently and consists of 39 books rather than 24.
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