Sections Of The Hebrew Bible

The hebrew scriptures were divided into 3 sections.

Sections of the hebrew bible. This is because of a number of reasons. Torah bereshit genesis shemot exodus vayikra leviticus bamidbar numbers devarim deuteronomy neviim the former prophets joshua judges i samuel ii samuel i kings ii kings isaiah jeremiah ezekiel the minor. Now for those of us who have counted the number of books featured in the first half of our bibles we may wonder how the number 39 translates as 24 in the hebrew bible.

The first 5 books of the bible is called the torah or pentateuch. It is often referred to as the tanakh a word combining the first letter from the names of each of the three main divisions. In israel the torah its first five books were divided into 154 sections so that they could be read through aloud in weekly worship over the course of three years.

Former prophets joshua judges samuel kings. The neviʾim or prophets. Here is the list of the sections of the tanakh.

Instead of breaking up books into 1 and 2 samuel 1 and 2 kings etc the books are under one heading. The hebrew bible is traditionally divided into three sections. In babylonia it was divided into 53 or 54 sections parashat ha shavua so it could be read through in one year.

The hebrew bible contains 24 books of which we ve come to know as the old testament. And the ketuvim or writings. Genesis exodus leviticus numbers deuteronomy.

The bible which contains a diversity of voices and messages and yet remains a single book reflects the ideal of a people that speaks with a diversity of voices and yet is seen as one people engaging in an eternal conversation. The law torah or pentateuch 5 books. The prophets nebhim 8 books.