Article 1: Classification of the Books of the Old Testament according to the Jewish Tanakh
By Adrian Mathew What is the Jewish Tanakh? The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, also known in Hebrew as Miqra, is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures. Tanakh, an acronym derived from the names of the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible. The meaning of TANAKH is the Jewish Scriptures comprising the books of law, the prophets, and collected writings. (Taken from the internet) Classification of the Old Testament based of the Jewish Tanakh The phrase “the law and the prophets” is common in the New Testament as a way to refer to the Hebrew Tanakh and its basic division into 2 parts, Torah and Prophets. In Luke 24:44 Luke has Jesus refer to “the law of Moses, the prophets and the psalms” which reflects the three- part division of Torah, Prophets and Writing of the Tanakh. The total number of books in the Jewish Tanakh is 24. 1) Pentateuch/Torah/Law – The Torah is the foundation document of Judaism and the heart of the Hebrew Bible. The Torah consists of 5 individual books: Genesis, Exodus