Explain The Three Sections Of Hebrew Bible

Identify the three sections of the Hebrew Bible, and briefly describe the contents of each. The Jewish Bible is the foundation for both Christian and Islamic scriptures and is divided into three sections: the Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim. As a whole it is oftentimes called Tanakh (Tanak) which is an abbreviation for the three sections: t, n, k according to Molloy on page 285 in our textbook. The first section – the Torah or Teaching is considered the holy core of the Hebrew Bible. These teachings encompass both oral and written works, as they are believed to be conveyed by God. It discusses the creation, talks about the Hebrew matriarchs and patriarchs, and presents Moses as well his brother Aaron. For the most part, however, it contains
There were seven prophets – Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah,, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel are referred to as the Former Prophets (part one) and for the most part, focuses on the history of the kingdom of Israel (Molloy, 287). These books are followed by the Book of Twelve that tend to be more visionary and moral in nature, called the Latter Prophets (part two). These include Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. What is interesting these books are in the Christian bible as are the five books of the
According to Van Voorst, in order to understand modern-day usage of the Hebrew Bible, one first must understand its earliest use. As mentioned earlier, its basis was the written laws of the Torah as given by God. These laws, however, required interpretation, thus the idea of the “oral Torah” was born. Over time, the oral Torah became so enormous and authoritative it had to be written down, first in the Mislmah, meaning repetition (ca. 200 C.E.) then in its clarification, the Gemara, meaning supplement (ca. 450-550 C.E.). Not long after the two version were combined in the Jerusalem Talmud (Van Voorst,