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Jewish Scripture Jewish Scripture is broken into two main parts, and then further broken down The two main parts are called the Tanakh and the Talmud The Tanakh contains three sub parts and the Talmud contains two sub parts.
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Jewish ScriptureJewish Scripture is broken into two main parts, and then further broken downThe two main parts are called the Tanakh and the TalmudThe Tanakh contains three sub parts and the Talmud contains two sub parts.
Tanakh1) Torah a) Genesis – contains the stories of creation and stories of the patriarchsb) Exodus – story of the Jewish escape from slavery c)Leviticus – contains Jewish worship and rules d)Numbers – the story of the Jewish experience in the desert e)Deuteronomy – another set of rules and explanation of the whole torah
2) Prophets a) Former Prophets – referred to as the Judges and Kings of Israel – Saul, David, and Solomonb) Latter Prophets – ones who passed judgement on Israel and reminded them of their promises to God – Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel
3) WritingsAll other materials such as Psalms, Proverbs, Chronicles, Job, etc.TalmudThe Talmud is generally described as an interpretation of the Torah and a divinely revealed guide of morals and conduct. It is used to settle complicated problems concerning the obligations imposed on Jews by the Torah
1) Mishnah– a collection of oral laws handed down by word of mouth that was collected and edited by Rabbi Judah around 200 C.E.2) Gemara – a collection of commentaries on the Mishnah
