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-'''Tanakh''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''תנ״ך''') is an acronym referring to the [[Hebrew]] [[Bible]], formed from the names of its three parts:
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-*[[Torah]] (''Instruction'')
-*Nevi'im (''Prophets'')
-*K'tuvim (''Sacred Writings'')
-It is considered the compendium of the teachings of God to human beings in document form, using direct communication with [[Moses|Moshe]]; communicating through the Prophets and Prophetesses of the [[Judaism|Jewish]] people; and through works inspired by "Ruach HaKodesh," the Holy Spirit, in the Sacred Writings.
-The composition of the ''Tanakh'' was determined by the ''Anshei K'nesset HaGedolah'' (Men of the Great Assembly), under the influence of the Holy Spirit. It consists of twenty-four Books, where first and second volumes of one work are counted as one, and where all the twelve Books of the ''Shneim-'Asar,'' (Twelve Prophets) are also considered as one.
-The twenty-four Books are:
-I '''Torah'''
-*1-5: Torat Moshe/'''תּוֹרַת־מֹשֶׁה''' (The [[Pentateuch]]):
-**B'resheet/'''בראשית''' ([[Genesis]])
-**Sh'mot/'''שמות''' ([[Exodus]])
-**VaYikra/'''ויקרא''' ([[Leviticus]])
-**B'midbar/'''במדבר''' ([[Numbers]])
-**D'varim/'''דברים''' ([[Deuteronomy]])
-II '''Nevi'im'''/'''נביאים'''
-*6-9: Nevi'im Rishonim/'''נביאים ראשונים''' (Early Prophets):
-**Y'hoshua/'''יהושע '''([[Joshua]])
-**Shoftim/'''שופטים''' ([[Judges]])
-**Sh'mu'el I and II/'''שמואל'''  ([[Samuel]] 1 and 2)
-**M'lakhim/'''מלכים''' [[Kings]] 1 and 2)
-*10-13: Nevi'im Acharonim/'''נביאים אחרונים''' (Later Prophets):
-**Yesha'yahu/'''ישעיה''' ([[Isaiah]])
-**Yirmiyahu/'''ירמיה ''' ([[Jeremiah]])
-**Yechezk'el/'''יחזקאל''' ([[Ezekiel]])
-**Shneim-'Asar/'''תרי עשר''':
-***Hoshea/'''הושע''' ([[Hosea]])
-***Yo'el/'''יואל''' ([[Joel]])
-***Amos/'''עמוס''' ([[Amos]])
-***Ovadyah/'''עובדיה''' ([[Obadiah]])
-***Yonah/'''יונה''' ([[Jonah]])
-***Mikhah/'''מיכה''' ([[Micah]])
-***Nachum/'''נחום''' ([[Nahum]])
-***Khavakuk/'''חבקוק''' ([[Habakkuk]])
-***Tz'fanyah/'''צפניה''' ([[Zephaniah]])
-***Khagai/'''חגי''' ([[Haggai]]
-***Z'kharyah/'''זכריה''' ([[Zechariah]])
-***Mal'akhi/'''מלאכי''' ([[Malachi]])
-III '''K'tuvim'''/'''כתובים'''
-*14-16: Sifrei Emet (Books of Truth):
-**Tehilim/'''תהלים''' ([[Psalms]])
-**Mishlei/'''משלי''' ([[Proverbs]])
-**Iyov/'''איוב''' ([[Job]])
-*17-21: The Five Megilot (Five Scrolls):
-**Shir-HaShirim/'''שיר השירים''' ([[Song of Solomon]]/[[Song of Songs]])
-**Rut/'''רות''' ([[Ruth]])
-**Eikhah/'''איכה''' ([[Lamentations]])
-**Kohelet/'''קהלת''' ([[Ecclesiastes]])
-**Ester/'''אסת''' ([[Esther]])
-*22-24: Other Writings:
-**Dani'el/'''דניאל''' ([[Daniel]])
-**Ezra-Nechemyah/'''עזרא ונחמיה''' ([[Ezra-Nehemiah]])
-**Divrei-HaYamim/'''דברי הימים''' ([[Chronicles]] 1 and 2)
-== See also ==
-*[[Philosophy]]
-*[[Jewish philosophy]]
-[[Category:Old Testament]]
-[[Category:Judaism]]

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