The first five books of the Old Testament are called the Law, the Pentateuch, or the Torah. After them, you find the historical books that follow a narrative style of the history of Israel from ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has the largest Old Testament collection of any tradition, having 46 books in total compared to ...

The Emory University professor of the Old Testament was stunned ... For Jews, it’s more likely the Torah, or the first five books of the Bible. But Brettler also suggested Strawn’s book ...

It’s the central story of the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament) and reflects some of the biggest themes in Jewish history: foreign oppression and the longing for freedom ...

TANAK, which is an acronym for the Torah (first 5 books) and Nevi’im and Ketuvim, included the remainder of the Old Testament and were known as the law and the prophets. When Jesus said ...

Samaritanism is an ancient, monotheistic religion based on the first five books of the Old Testament. Though related to Judaism, Samaritanism has Mount Gerizim — in the modern-day West Bank ...

If you have a popular Protestant translation of the Bible, like the King James Version, you will see that there are 39 books that make up the Old Testament ... (the first five books of the ...

At least three times in this book, Brent Strawn assures readers that he doesn’t believe that Christian preachers and teachers intentionally tell lies about the Old Testament ... two different ...