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    What does the Tanakh consist of?

    Torah (Teaching), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings), TaNaKh

    Source: Bava Batra 14b

    In detail

    Tanakh is the Hebrew Bible, an acronym for its three sections: Torah (Five Books of Moses — the most sacred), Nevi'im (Prophets — historical and prophetic books), and Ketuvim (Writings — including Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Ecclesiastes, and more). It contains 24 books in total.

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