The second part of the Jewish Bible, or Tanakh, from which we get the Old Testament, is Nevi'im, or prophets. The corresponding part of the Christian Bible contains 21 books, but how many are in the Jewish original?

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What we today call the Bible, is not one book, but a collection of many shorter books, written by different authors over centuries and brought together in one volume.

The Old Testament is a collection of ancient Jewish holy scripture and the New Testament is just a small part of the early Christian writings. But who chose which books would make it into the Bible and which would be cast aside?


The second part of the Jewish Bible, or Tanakh, from which we get the Old Testament, is Nevi'im, or prophets. The corresponding part of the Christian Bible contains 21 books, but how many are in the Jewish original?





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