ABSTRACT
The Jewish Bible, the so-called ‘Old Testament’, is made up of three sections: Pentateuch, Prophets and Hagiographa. From the initial letters of the Hebrew words Torah, Nevi’im, Ketuvim, an acronym is commonly used to name the Hebrew Bible – the TaNaKh, also known as the Torah she-bikh’tav, or the written law. The five books of the Pentateuch contain the ‘Teaching’ (Torah) of Moses and the story of the origins and development of the ancient Israelites. The books of the ‘Prophets’ (Nevi’im) trace the past and future of the Israelite people, while the various ‘Writings’ (Ketuvim) including the Song of Songs, Psalms and Ecclesiastes conclude the Tanakh.
