12/22 Western Literature Week 15

The Bible:

(from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books"^[1]) is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.

The Gutenberg Bible, the first printed Bible

Hebrew Bible:

The Masoretic Text is the authoritative Hebrew text of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh. It defines the books of the Jewish canon, and also the precise letter-text of these biblical books, with their vocalization and accentuation.

The oldest extant manuscripts of the Masoretic Text date from approximately the 9th century CE,^[22] and the Aleppo Codex (once the oldest complete copy of the Masoretic Text, but now missing its Torah section) dates from the 10th century.

The name Tanakh (Hebrew: תנ"ך‎) reflects the threefold division of the Hebrew Scriptures, Torah ("Teaching"), Nevi'im ("Prophets") and Ketuvim ("Writings").

Old Testament:

is the first section of the Christian Bible, based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh), a collection of religious writings by ancient Israelites^[1] believed by most Christians and religious Jews to be the sacred Word of God.^[2] It is the counterpart to the New Testament, the second portion of the Christian Bible. The Old Testament canon varies between Christian Churches. Protestants have a version with 39 books. Catholics have a version with 46 books, and Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Churches choose the Old Testament version with 49 books.

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) (24 books)[c] Books in bold are part of the Ketuvim	Protestant Old Testament (39 books)	Catholic Old Testament (46 books)	Eastern Orthodox Old Testament (50 books)	Original language
Torah	Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses
Bereishit	Genesis	Genesis	Genesis	Hebrew
Shemot	Exodus	Exodus	Exodus	Hebrew
Vayikra	Leviticus	Leviticus	Leviticus	Hebrew
Bamidbar	Numbers	Numbers	Numbers	Hebrew
Devarim	Deuteronomy	Deuteronomy	Deuteronomy	Hebrew
Nevi'im (Prophets)	Historical books
Yehoshua	Joshua	Joshua (Josue)	Joshua (Iesous)	Hebrew
Shofetim	Judges	Judges	Judges	Hebrew
Rut (Ruth)	Ruth	Ruth	Ruth	Hebrew
Shemuel	1 Samuel	1 Samuel (1 Kings)	1 Samuel (1 Kingdoms)	Hebrew
	2 Samuel	2 Samuel (2 Kings)	2 Samuel (2 Kingdoms)	Hebrew
Melakhim	1 Kings	1 Kings (3 Kings)	1 Kings (3 Kingdoms)	Hebrew
	2 Kings	2 Kings (4 Kings)	2 Kings (4 Kingdoms)	Hebrew
Divrei Hayamim (Chronicles)	1 Chronicles	1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon)	1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon)	Hebrew
	2 Chronicles	2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon)	2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon)	Hebrew
			1 Esdras	Hebrew
Ezra–Nehemiah	Ezra	Ezra (1 Esdras)	Ezra (2 Esdras)	Hebrew and Aramaic
	Nehemiah	Nehemiah (2 Esdras)	Nehemiah (2 Esdras)	Hebrew
		Tobit (Tobias)	Tobit (Tobias)	Aramaic (and Hebrew?)
		Judith	Judith	Hebrew
Esther	Esther	Esther	Esther	Hebrew
		1 Maccabees (1 Machabees)	1 Maccabees	Hebrew
		2 Maccabees (2 Machabees)	2 Maccabees	Greek
			3 Maccabees	Greek
			3 Esdras	Greek?
			4 Maccabees	Greek
Ketuvim (Writings)	Wisdom books
Iyov (Job)	Job	Job	Job	Hebrew
Tehillim (Psalms)	Psalms	Psalms	Psalms	Hebrew
			Prayer of Manasseh	Greek
Mishlei (Proverbs)	Proverbs	Proverbs	Proverbs	Hebrew
Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes)	Ecclesiastes	Ecclesiastes	Ecclesiastes	Hebrew
Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs)	Song of Solomon	Song of Songs (Canticle of Canticles)	Song of Songs (Aisma Aismaton)	Hebrew
		Wisdom	Wisdom	Greek
		Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sirach	Hebrew
Nevi'im (Latter Prophets)	Major prophets
Yeshayahu	Isaiah	Isaiah (Isaias)	Isaiah	Hebrew
Yirmeyahu	Jeremiah	Jeremiah (Jeremias)	Jeremiah	Hebrew
Eikhah (Lamentations)	Lamentations	Lamentations	Lamentations	Hebrew
		Baruch	Baruch	Hebrew
			Letter of Jeremiah	Greek (majority view)
Yekhezqel	Ezekiel	Ezekiel (Ezechiel)	Ezekiel	Hebrew
Daniel	Daniel	Daniel	Daniel	Hebrew and Aramaic
	Twelve Minor Prophets
The Twelve or Trei Asar	Hosea	Hosea (Osee)	Hosea	Hebrew
	Joel	Joel	Joel	Hebrew
	Amos	Amos	Amos	Hebrew
	Obadiah	Obadiah (Abdias)	Obadiah	Hebrew
	Jonah	Jonah (Jonas)	Jonah	Hebrew
	Micah	Micah (Micheas)	Micah	Hebrew
	Nahum	Nahum	Nahum	Hebrew
	Habakkuk	Habakkuk (Habacuc)	Habakkuk	Hebrew
	Zephaniah	Zephaniah (Sophonias)	Zephaniah	Hebrew
	Haggai	Haggai (Aggeus)	Haggai	Hebrew
	Zechariah	Zechariah (Zacharias)	Zechariah	Hebrew
	Malachi	Malachi (Malachias)	Malachi	Hebrew