This brief article distinguishes the various terms used to describe Jewish and Christianity scripture. Several terms refer to the same material, although sometimes rearranged. == Jewish perspective == For Jews, ''the Bible'' means... * Torah - The five books of Moses. The word ''Torah'' literally means ''instruction''. It is also called ''Chumash'' (Hebrew for "five") and ''Pentateuch'' (Greek for "five books"). * Neviim - The books of the Prophets * Ketuvim - All the other books of the Bible (literally: "Writings"). Judaism has traditional held that along with the Torah God revealed a series of instructions on how to interpret and apply the Torah. The Torah is referred to as the ''written law'', while the additional instructions were known as ''the Oral law''. By the second century C.E. Jewish sages began writing down interpretations of the Bible; Orthodox Jews consider these writings to embody the "oral law." These writings take several forms: * Mishnah - An analysis of the laws and meaning of the Bible, containing information from the oral law. * Tosefta - A set of teachings that in many ways are similar to the Mishnah. It may be an early commentary on the Mishnah, or it may be an independent attempt to codify the oral law. * Braitot - A genre of rabbinic literature from the same time period as the Mishnah and Tosefta that no longer exists. The only quotes still extant from this literature are found as quotes within the Mishnah and Tosefta. * Midrash - A genre of rabbinic literature that is an elaboration of, and commentary on, Biblical narrative. * Talmud - An authoritative commentary on the Mishnah == Christian perspective == For Christians, ''the Bible'' refers to the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Protestant Old Testament is largely identical to what Jews call ''the Bible''; the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Old Testament is based on the prevailing first century Greek translation of the Jewish Bible, the Septuagint. The Bible as used by world Christianity consists of two parts: * The Old Testament, largely the same as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible. * The New Testament, consisting of books added after Jesus' death ** The four canonical Gospel tell of Jesus's life and teachings. (Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of John) ** The book of Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke, recounts the early history of the Christian movement. ** The Epistles are letters, mostly written by St. Paul, to the various Christian communities of his day. Much of their content is interpretation of the teachings of Jesus. ** The Book of Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse, is a book of prophecy usually interpreted as regarding the Second Coming of Jesus. Christians disagree on the contents of the Old Testament. The Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodoxy Churches and some Protestantism recognize an additional set of Jewish writings, known as the deuterocanonical books books. They are not accepted as canonical by the Jews (although some ancient Jews appear to have accepted them) and by most of the Protestants, who consider them to be Apocrypha. There are also a number of other early Christian writings some individual Christians regard as scripture, but which are not by and large regarded as such by the churches. These include the apocryphal gospels, such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene. ''(Division of the Old Testament for Christians? I've read Pentateuch / Histories / Psalms & Proverbs / Prophets as one set of divisions.)'' == Differences == Jews regard the "Old Testament" part of the Christian Bible as scriptural, but not the New Testament. Christians generally regard both the Old Testament and the New Testament as scriptural. == Similarities == Some scholars see the structure of the New Testament as similar to that of the Old Testament: * Law - Pentateuch, Gospel * History - OT historical books, Acts of the Apostles * ? - ?, Epistles * Prophecy - major & minor prophets, Book of Revelation ==== See also ==== * Biblical canon
Yo, Rube! What about ''gemara''? Gonna tell me tomarra? :-) --User:208.246.35.242 Kaynahara! I ma just glad that you could fix up my admittedly sloppy attempt to fix up something that really needed it! ---- I thank everyone who has added to this article. As is often the case, no one person could write it by himself. However, at the moment I'm primarily interested in the ''names'' as opposed to the ''contents'' of all the various canons, testaments, groupings of books and books. So I'm planning on trimming as much as possible from the article and moving it to a linked article. So if Torah means teaching, the user can click on Torah and find ''Torah ("teaching") is, etc.'' But here I just want a place to keep all the terminology straight. The Books of the Bible article is for more in-depth info. What does it all mean? Why is it important? And so on. The weightier issues of the ''contents'' of these books can go elsewhere; here is just to keep track of the ''names'' of them all. Okay? --User:Ed Poor 18:18 Oct 31, 2002 (UTC) ----- "the deuterocanonical books or sometimes as the apocrypha, as a part of the Old Testament. They are not accepted as canonical by Protestants and were eventually accepted by Jews as part of the Tanach (although some ancient Jews appear to have accepted them)." Do Jews accept the apocrypha or not? Strange sentence. Also why isn't Tanach defined on the page? User:Rmhermen 21:09, Mar 4, 2004 (UTC) Doesn't this article just repeat material in other articles? What is the specific function? I know I myself added material a long time ago, after Ed Poor wrote the original stub. But there have been many more detailed articles written since then -- maybe we no longer need this? User:Slrubenstein
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This brief article distinguishes the various terms used to describe Jewish and Christianity scripture. Several terms refer to the same material, although sometimes rearranged. == Jewish perspective == For Jews, ''the Bible'' means... * Torah - The five books of Moses. The word ''Torah'' literally means ''instruction''. It is also called ''Chumash'' (Hebrew for "five") and ''Pentateuch'' (Greek for "five books"). * Neviim - The books of the Prophets * Ketuvim - All the other books of the Bible (literally: "Writings"). Judaism has traditional held that along with the Torah God revealed a series of instructions on how to interpret and apply the Torah. The Torah is referred to as the ''written law'', while the additional instructions were known as ''the Oral law''. By the second century C.E. Jewish sages began writing down interpretations of the Bible; Orthodox Jews consider these writings to embody the "oral law." These writings take several forms: * Mishnah - An analysis of the laws and meaning of the Bible, containing information from the oral law. * Tosefta - A set of teachings that in many ways are similar to the Mishnah. It may be an early commentary on the Mishnah, or it may be an independent attempt to codify the oral law. * Braitot - A genre of rabbinic literature from the same time period as the Mishnah and Tosefta that no longer exists. The only quotes still extant from this literature are found as quotes within the Mishnah and Tosefta. * Midrash - A genre of rabbinic literature that is an elaboration of, and commentary on, Biblical narrative. * Talmud - An authoritative commentary on the Mishnah == Christian perspective == For Christians, ''the Bible'' refers to the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Protestant Old Testament is largely identical to what Jews call ''the Bible''; the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Old Testament is based on the prevailing first century Greek translation of the Jewish Bible, the Septuagint. The Bible as used by world Christianity consists of two parts: * The Old Testament, largely the same as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible. * The New Testament, consisting of books added after Jesus' death ** The four canonical Gospel tell of Jesus's life and teachings. (Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of John) ** The book of Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke, recounts the early history of the Christian movement. ** The Epistles are letters, mostly written by St. Paul, to the various Christian communities of his day. Much of their content is interpretation of the teachings of Jesus. ** The Book of Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse, is a book of prophecy usually interpreted as regarding the Second Coming of Jesus. Christians disagree on the contents of the Old Testament. The Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodoxy Churches and some Protestantism recognize an additional set of Jewish writings, known as the deuterocanonical books books. They are not accepted as canonical by the Jews (although some ancient Jews appear to have accepted them) and by most of the Protestants, who consider them to be Apocrypha. There are also a number of other early Christian writings some individual Christians regard as scripture, but which are not by and large regarded as such by the churches. These include the apocryphal gospels, such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene. ''(Division of the Old Testament for Christians? I've read Pentateuch / Histories / Psalms & Proverbs / Prophets as one set of divisions.)'' == Differences == Jews regard the "Old Testament" part of the Christian Bible as scriptural, but not the New Testament. Christians generally regard both the Old Testament and the New Testament as scriptural. == Similarities == Some scholars see the structure of the New Testament as similar to that of the Old Testament: * Law - Pentateuch, Gospel * History - OT historical books, Acts of the Apostles * ? - ?, Epistles * Prophecy - major & minor prophets, Book of Revelation ==== See also ==== * Biblical canon
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Yo, Rube! What about ''gemara''? Gonna tell me tomarra? :-) --User:208.246.35.242 Kaynahara! I ma just glad that you could fix up my admittedly sloppy attempt to fix up something that really needed it! ---- I thank everyone who has added to this article. As is often the case, no one person could write it by himself. However, at the moment I'm primarily interested in the ''names'' as opposed to the ''contents'' of all the various canons, testaments, groupings of books and books. So I'm planning on trimming as much as possible from the article and moving it to a linked article. So if Torah means teaching, the user can click on Torah and find ''Torah ("teaching") is, etc.'' But here I just want a place to keep all the terminology straight. The Books of the Bible article is for more in-depth info. What does it all mean? Why is it important? And so on. The weightier issues of the ''contents'' of these books can go elsewhere; here is just to keep track of the ''names'' of them all. Okay? --User:Ed Poor 18:18 Oct 31, 2002 (UTC) ----- "the deuterocanonical books or sometimes as the apocrypha, as a part of the Old Testament. They are not accepted as canonical by Protestants and were eventually accepted by Jews as part of the Tanach (although some ancient Jews appear to have accepted them)." Do Jews accept the apocrypha or not? Strange sentence. Also why isn't Tanach defined on the page? User:Rmhermen 21:09, Mar 4, 2004 (UTC) Doesn't this article just repeat material in other articles? What is the specific function? I know I myself added material a long time ago, after Ed Poor wrote the original stub. But there have been many more detailed articles written since then -- maybe we no longer need this? User:Slrubenstein
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