2007-12-08 16:25:25 · 6 answers · asked by Ace of Spades 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The three books make up the Tanakh, the Torah, the Ketuvim and the Nevi'im
2007-12-08 16:34:50 · answer #1 · answered by Gawdless Heathen 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We (Jews) do not call our Bible the OT; We call it the TANAKH: an acronym that identifies the Hebrew Bible. The acronym is formed from the initial Hebrew letters of the Tanakh's three traditional subdivisions: Torah, Neviim, Ketubim.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh
Some people use the term Hebrew Bible, which refers to the common portions of the Jewish and Christian biblical canons. It does not encompass the deuterocanonical or apocryphal books, which were preserved in the Greek Septuagint (LXX), and are part of the Old Testament in the canons of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches. Thus the term "Hebrew Bible" corresponds most fully to the Old Testament in use by Protestant denominations (adhering to Jerome's Hebraica veritas doctrine), and less fully to canons that are based closely on the Septuagint (adhering to Augustine's 393 Synod of Hippo and 397-419 Councils of Carthage).
2007-12-09 00:37:12 · answer #2 · answered by kismet 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The OT is the Old Testament. It consists of 39 books from the Bible. The sections of the OT are Law, History, Poetry, and Prophecy.
2007-12-09 00:31:50 · answer #3 · answered by Freakin Smuckers 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Law, The Prophets and the Writings
2007-12-09 00:28:20 · answer #4 · answered by δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as the "OT" to Jews. That is a Christian text.
2007-12-09 00:28:07 · answer #5 · answered by gelfling 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe they are the Torah (first five books), the prophets, and the poetic verse.
2007-12-09 00:28:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋