a term used among Jews for the Hebrew Bible; the Old Testament.
An acronym for the three Hebrew consonants that are the first letters of the divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures: Torah (law), Nevi'im (Prophets), Kethuvim (Writings).
Jewish name for the Hebrew Bible. It is an acronym for the three parts of Scripture, Torah ( Torah), Prophets ( Nebi'im) and Writings ( Ketubim).
A relatively modern acronym for the Jewish Bible, made up of the names of the three parts Torah ( Pentateuch or Law), Nevi'im ( Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings) -- thus TNK pronounced TaNaK.
a Hebrew abbreviation for the Old Testament derived from the initial letters of the names of its three divisions: Torah (Pentateuch), Nebiim (Early and Later Prophets), and Ketubim (Writings or Hagiographa) (Soulen, Handbook of Biblical Criticism).
The modern acronym for the Jewish Bible using the first letter of the names of the three parts of the Torah: Torah (Pentateuch), Neviim (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings), pronounced TaNaK. Also written as Tanakh.
The Jewish name for their scriptures; an acronym in which each of the consonants represents one of the three major divisions of the Jewish Bible: "T" for Torah or instruction, law (including the biblical books from Genesis to Deuteronomy), "N" for Nevi'im or prophets (Joshua–Malachi), and "K" for Ketuvim or writings (Psalms–2 Chronicles). The shape and number of books in the Jewish Bible differ somewhat from Christian canon; a complete chart of the similarities and differences is available online.
(sometimes spelled Tanakh) A relatively modern name for the Hebrew Bible; the acronym is composed of the first letters of the three parts of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah (Law), the Nevi'im (Prophets), and the Ketuvim (Writings). See Introduction.