The Pentateuch (Hebrew חֲמִשָּׁה חֻמְשֵׁי תּוֹרָה - hamisha khumshey Torah or Heb. חֻמָּשׁ - humash), the so-called Moses ev Law, - the first five books of the canonical Jewish and Christian Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Pentateuch forms the first part of the Jewish Tanakh, the Torah.
The book of Genesis tells of the Creation of the world and the formation of the Jews as a family;
The book of Exodus has a prologue and an epilogue, separating it from other books, and tells about the Exodus from Egypt, the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the building of the Tabernacle - that is, the registration of the sons of Israel as the Jewish people;
The book of Leviticus deals mainly with priestly legislation and temple service;
The Book of Numbers tells of the wanderings of the Jews in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt;
Deuteronomy is Moses' dying speech, in which he repeats the content of other books.
Nevi'im (נְבִיאִים, "Prophets") consists of eight books. This section includes books that generally cover the chronological era from the entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land to the Babylonian captivity (the "period of prophecy"). However, they exclude chronicles that cover the same period. The Nevi'im are generally divided into the Early Prophets (נביאים ראשונים), which tend to be historical in nature, and the Later Prophets (נביאים אחרונים), which contain more preachy prophecies.
Ketuvim (כְּתוּבִים, "Records") or "scriptures", also known by the Greek name "Hagiography" (Greek: Αγιογραφία, literally "Scriptures of the Saints"), consists of 11 books. They cover all other books, and include the Five Scrolls (Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Ruth, Eicha, Esther). They are sometimes also divided into categories such as Sifrey Emet (ספרי אמת, literally "Books of Truth"): Psalms, Proverbs, and the Book of Job (in Hebrew, the names of these three books form the Hebrew word for "truth," like an acrostic); "Books of Wisdom": Book of Job, Ecclesiastes and Proverbs; "Books of Poetry": Psalter, Lamentations of Jeremiah and Song of Songs of Solomon; and "Historical Books": Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
The book of Genesis tells of the Creation of the world and the formation of the Jews as a family;
The book of Exodus has a prologue and an epilogue, separating it from other books, and tells about the Exodus from Egypt, the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the building of the Tabernacle - that is, the registration of the sons of Israel as the Jewish people;
The book of Leviticus deals mainly with priestly legislation and temple service;
The Book of Numbers tells of the wanderings of the Jews in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt;
Deuteronomy is Moses' dying speech, in which he repeats the content of other books.
Nevi'im (נְבִיאִים, "Prophets") consists of eight books. This section includes books that generally cover the chronological era from the entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land to the Babylonian captivity (the "period of prophecy"). However, they exclude chronicles that cover the same period. The Nevi'im are generally divided into the Early Prophets (נביאים ראשונים), which tend to be historical in nature, and the Later Prophets (נביאים אחרונים), which contain more preachy prophecies.
Ketuvim (כְּתוּבִים, "Records") or "scriptures", also known by the Greek name "Hagiography" (Greek: Αγιογραφία, literally "Scriptures of the Saints"), consists of 11 books. They cover all other books, and include the Five Scrolls (Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Ruth, Eicha, Esther). They are sometimes also divided into categories such as Sifrey Emet (ספרי אמת, literally "Books of Truth"): Psalms, Proverbs, and the Book of Job (in Hebrew, the names of these three books form the Hebrew word for "truth," like an acrostic); "Books of Wisdom": Book of Job, Ecclesiastes and Proverbs; "Books of Poetry": Psalter, Lamentations of Jeremiah and Song of Songs of Solomon; and "Historical Books": Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
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