Unit 2- Judaism

Question 1

what is the tanakh?

Answer 1

This is the whole jewish scripture known as the hebrew bible. It is made up of the torah, neri’im and keturim

Question 2

how many books are in each section of the tanakh

Answer 2

torah- 5
neri’im- 21
keturvim- 13

Question 3

what does the torah contain

Answer 3

• first books of moses
• the story of creation
• gives people rules and guidance on how to live their lives

Question 4

what does the nevi’im include

Answer 4

• book of prophets
• divided into two smaller sections
• first section is books of joshua, judges, samuel and kings which are about the history of people in israel
  second section is the books of isaiah, jeremiah and ezekei which focuses on returning to god and the covernant