An acronym of "Torah" (Five Books of Moses), "Neviim" (Prophets), and "Kesuvim" (Writings). The three books together form the "Written Torah".
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Most original form of the Hebrew Bible/Tenach
Not sure if they are the same thing (the Hebrew Bible and the Tenach). I read in this link that "there are many different Jewish translations of the Hebrew Bible". This kind of confuses me because I ...
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Who is a Jew according the Tanach?
Does the Tanach give guidelines to Identify who is a Jew and who is not?
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Both with the same name [closed]
Who is the only person in Tanach whose father and father-in-law are two different people and have the exact same name?
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Where is the city of Ninveh?
Ninveh is mentioned in the book of Yona that is read on Yom Kippur. Where is Ninveh?
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What are signs of a prophet mentioned in Tanach
Does the tanach provides us some guidelines to Identify a future prophet?
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When did hashem stop the sun?
As in the time of milchemes Ay, Hashem stopped the sun for 36 hours . Where else in Tanach did it happen? I need more then one.
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Malachi on tithing
What is Malachi (or G-d through Malachi's mouth, or whatever) supposed to mean about tithing? Why did we have to pay full price to priests that offered impure sacrifices? Or am I missing the point?
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Do Jews accept the Bible as being valid? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do Jewish people have a collection of books which are the equivelant of the Christian Old Testament?
The Bible has an "Old testament" and a "New Testament". Do Jews use ...
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three (3) Questions [closed]
Three Questions below:
Please let me know when the answer is available.
Exo. 19:1: "On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt — on that very day — they came to the ...
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Bible inerrancy and the Ashbaal→Ishboshet change
In another answer, someone said that Rashi thinks Ashbaal is changed to Ishboshet (sorry for spelling) as derogatory to the baal.
So Ishboshet's real name is Ashbaal but then some scribes changed ...
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Etymology/origin of the name “Ishmael”
What is the etymology of the Biblical name "Ishmael"?
Was this name ever used for any of the Biblical characters before Ishmael, the son of Abraham?
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What are the most recited verses during Jewish prayer?
What are the top three most recited/used verses/supplications (from or not from Torah) in Jewish prayers? Not asking about the single most used one only.
I think, if a passage or a sentence is ...
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Is it forbidden for the Jews to Establish a Nation of Israel?
I keep on reading about a lot of Orthodox Jewish Rabbis opposed to the building of the nation of Israel as they deem it to be blasphemous and heresy in violation of God's commandment to the Jews.
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Why Rhea is translated as neighbor? [closed]
I asked this in christian forum. One of the answer is that the jews themselves translate them as neighbor.
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Which part of Tanach did Moses give the people in Dt. 31?
I read in the below verses that Moses himself wrote the Torah and gave it to his people with the ark. The book given by Moses seemed to be very important since he propheisized that people would ...
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Why is the Torah not written in Latin? [closed]
I have searched and was told that Latin was just an interpretation of the original scriptures. If it is so, then why do so many other original articles points in a different direction.
In my opinion, ...
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Seeking Clear Definition of God in Judaism as Presented in Tanakh [closed]
I am curious to know if/how God is crisply defined in the Torah: What is God and what is God not?
For example, here is what can be considered a crisp definition of God in the Quran (necessary ...
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What's the word Avraham used for his religion?
What was the biblical name of the religion or faith Avraham belonged to? the word he used to distinguish his faith from other, pagan belief systems?
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Is it possible for Nations to fail in recognizing a Prophet
Does the Tanach contain stories of the past nations who failed to identify a true Prophet whom God sent and what were the reasons given by those people to reject that true Prophet of God?
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If God was never incarnated, how come He sat in front of Abraham's tent and appeared among the oaks of Mamre? [closed]
http://yltbible.com/genesis/18.htm
And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day; 2 and he lifteth up his eyes and ...
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What influences and books do modern Jews read today is it as it is said in the encylopedias? please help
The sources for Jewish law have changed over the years.... I don't think any law written is the law of God anymore. The original books and teachings have been left behind. The Jewish Encyclopedia, the ...
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Why are there so many accounts of the Hebrews' killing their neighbors and so few of their being kind or good? [closed]
I know everybody was attacking everybody in those days, but still why are there so few examples of the Hebrews setting an example of kindness to the poor, weak or even being kind? Instead, the ...
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Why do the Philistines have many Giants?
Were the Philistine giants bigger than the Israelites? Were giants common among the Israelites' neighbors? Did they have better nutrition? (Just curious.) Were the Israelites typically smaller in ...
