Jewish scripture

Tanakh, sacred texts

The sacred texts of Judaism, primarily the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible), but extending to include the entire Tanakh—comprising Torah, Prophets, and Writings—along with the Talmud and other rabbinical literature.

Christians refer to much of this material as the Old Testament, though the arrangement and emphasis differ.

He studied Jewish scripture at the yeshiva.

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Mishnah · Psalms · Numbers · Haggadah · Exodus · Leviticus · Responsa · Deuteronomy · Ten Commandments · Selichot · Song of Songs · Song of Solomon · Kaddish · Job · Tanakh · Hebrew Bible · Ecclesiastes · Birkat Hamazon

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