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| - The Tanakh is known to Christians as the Old Testament. The name is not used by Jews because, according to Judaism, there is no New Testament. In academic writing the Tanakh is often referred to as the "Hebrew Bible", to avoid using terms that are specific to either Christians or Jews.
- According to the Talmud, much of the contents of the Tanakh were compiled by the "Men of the Great Assembly" by 450 BCE, and have since remained unchanged. Modern scholars are less certain, but some believe that the process of canonization of the Tanakh became finalized between 200 BCE and 200 CE, see Development of the Jewish canon for details.
- The Tanakh is the sacred text of Judaism. The Tanakh or Hebrew Bible is the same as the Christian Old Testament but Judaism divides it differently and doesn’t call it old because Judaism doesn’t recognise any New Testament. The divisions are as follows:-
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| - The Tanakh is known to Christians as the Old Testament. The name is not used by Jews because, according to Judaism, there is no New Testament. In academic writing the Tanakh is often referred to as the "Hebrew Bible", to avoid using terms that are specific to either Christians or Jews.
- According to the Talmud, much of the contents of the Tanakh were compiled by the "Men of the Great Assembly" by 450 BCE, and have since remained unchanged. Modern scholars are less certain, but some believe that the process of canonization of the Tanakh became finalized between 200 BCE and 200 CE, see Development of the Jewish canon for details. The Hebrew text was originally an abjad: consonants written with some applied vowel letters ("matres lectionis"). During the early Middle Ages scholars known as the Masoretes created a single formalized system of vocalization. This was chiefly done by the Ben Asher Family, in the Tiberias school, based on the oral tradition for reading the Tanakh, hence the name Tiberian vocalization. It also included some of Ben Naftali and Babylonian innovations. Despite the comparatively late process of codification, some traditional sources and some Orthodox Jews believe the pronunciation and cantillation derive from the revelation at Sinai, since it is impossible to read the original text without pronunciations and cantillation pauses. The combination of a text (מקרא "mikra"), pronunciation (ניקוד "niqqud") and cantillation (טעמים "te`amim") enable the reader to understand both the simple meaning, as well as the nuances in sentence flow of the text.
- The Tanakh is the sacred text of Judaism. The Tanakh or Hebrew Bible is the same as the Christian Old Testament but Judaism divides it differently and doesn’t call it old because Judaism doesn’t recognise any New Testament. The divisions are as follows:- 1.
* The Torah meaning teachings or law, known to Christians as the Pentateuch or the 5 books of Moses. 2.
* The Nevi'im, the books of the prophets. That book covers roughly the time from the supposed entry into Israel till the Babylonian captivity though Chronicles covers that period and is left out. 3.
* The Ketuvim, translated as writings covers the rest of the Tanakh and is sometimes divided further.
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