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Religion:
The Tanakh
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Religion: Table of Contents | The Talmud [Full Text] | Jewish Written Law

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Though the terms "Bible" and "Old Testament" are commonly used by non-Jews to describe Judaism's scriptures, the appropriate term is "Tanach," which is derived as an acronym from the Hebrew letters of its three components: Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim.

Torah - Pentateuch

Genesis
Bereshit- Genesis
Exodus
Shemot - Exodus
Leviticus
Vayikra - Leviticus
Numbers
Bamidbar- Numbers
Deuteronomy
D'Varim - Deuteronomy

Navi - Prophets

Ketuvim - Writings

Sources: Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from the Jewish Bible

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