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Bible Interpretation

The Bible is the sacred book of the Jews plus the New Testament. Why does the Bible then end with the last book before Jesus?

The order of the Bible is not in and of itself sacred, some believe the new testament should begin with the book of Acts. The Orthodox Jews read the Torah also called the Pentateuch or the Jewish Bible called the Tanach. Orthodox Jews do not read the New Testament.

In their simplest form, the twenty-four books of the Jewish Bible – the Tanach – present a history of the first 3500 years from creation until the building of the second Temple in Jerusalem. The books also relate the history of the Jewish nation from its earliest stage, through the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai, and until the end of the first commonwealth.

The books themselves are as follows..

The Five Books of Moses (Chumash)
Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

The Eight Books of the Prophets (Neviim)

Joshua

Judges

Samuel

Kings

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekial

The Twelve (minor prophets) Trei-Assar

The Eleven Books of the Writings (Kesuvim)

Psalms – Tehilim

Proverbs – Mishlei

Job – Iyov

Song of Songs – Shir HaShirim

Ruth – Rus

Lamentations – Eicha

Ecclesiastes – Koheles

Esther

Daniel – Doniel

Ezra/Nehemia

Chronicles – Divrei Hayamim

Originally published on Quora.