what is the difference between the tanakh and the old testament?
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A major difference between the Tanakh and the Old Testament is the number and arrangement of the books. ... The Tanakh is divided into three sections – Torah, Nevi'im (Prophets), and etuv'im (Writings) – and contains 35 books. The Torah contains five books.
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No, they are not. When the early books of the Old Testament were written time was likely kept in a very different way that it is today. What we know as terrestrial, 365 day, 12 month years were not the same as the “years” that they knew in the past. This is a misinterpretation by early translators.
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The New Testament focuses more on the life and teachings of Jesus and the Christian church. The Old Testament explains the history of the creation of the World, the exodus of Israelites, and the Ten Commandments given to Moses by God.
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Tanakh is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text's three traditional divisions: Torah ('Teaching', also known as the Five Books of Moses), Nevi'im ('Prophets'), and Ketuvim ('Writings')—hence TaNaKh.
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The efforts of Scripture scholars who worked together after Vatican II resulted in new translations used since then. ... The main difference between the Catholic Bible and the King James version is that modern King James' Bibles have removed the Deuterocanonical books from the Old Testament.
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There are several differences between the Quran and the Bible: In the Quran, Lot is described as a prophet, like his uncle Abraham. In Genesis (Genesis 19:1–29), Lot is not described as a prophet. ... In both the Bible and in the Quran, Abraham pleads for God to have mercy (Quran11:75; Gen. 18:24–33).
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Among the many significant differences between the stories are: In the Bible, God tells the man to name the animals. In the Quran, God teaches Adam the names "of all things" and Adam repeats them. ... While the Bible only tells about a snake, deceiving Adam and Eve, in the Quran, such a snake is not mentioned.
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If so, what are they? There is an important difference for the Old Testament. Orthodox use the oldest version ( 3rd century BCE) of the Old Testament which is the Septuagint or in Greek Εβδομήκοντα (evdomikonda), and Catholics use the Masoretic version (dates from the 10th century CE).
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The Christian Old Testament contains books and additions that are considered apocryphal by Judaism. The Tanakh is divided into three sections – Torah, Nevi'im (Prophets), and etuv'im (Writings) – and contains 35 books. The Torah contains five books. ... The Ketuvim contains twelve books.
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The Old Testament is a preparation for the Gospel. The New Testament is a pedagogy and a prophecy of things to come. It prophesies and presages the work of liberation from sin which will be fulfilled in Christ.
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Psalms, book of the Old Testament composed of sacred songs, or of sacred poems meant to be sung. In the Hebrew Bible, Psalms begins the third and last section of the biblical canon, known as the Writings (Hebrew Ketuvim). The Psalms (from Greek psalmos “song”) are poems and hymns, dating from various...
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The NIV is a more thought-for-thought translation, whereas the KJV is a more literal word-for-word translation. But the NIV uses better manuscripts to translate from, since better and older manuscripts have been found since the KJV came out in 1611. ... As others have said, the KJV is a more literal translation.
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['The Seven Styles of Writing in the Old Testament. The seven styles of writing in the old testament is Myths, Epic, Narrative, Legal Documents, Proverbs, Prophecy, Poetry.', 'Myths. Myth is a story about the creation and how God is the ruler of all creation.', 'Narrative. ... ', 'Epic. ... ', 'Legal Documents. ... ', 'Poetry. ... ', 'Proverbs. ... ', 'Prophecy.']
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The old covenant is for Israelites only (Det 4: 7-8) while the new covenant is for all men (Luke 22:20) All glory to the author of the New Covenant, Jesus Christ.
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Canonical differences The Septuagint has four: law, history, poetry, and prophets. ... The Septuagint version of some books, such as Daniel and Esther, are longer than those in the Masoretic Text. The Septuagint Book of Jeremiah is shorter than the Masoretic Text.
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The main difference between the Catholic Bible and the King James version is that modern King James' Bibles have removed the Deuterocanonical books from the Old Testament.
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NKJV does have some of the same key words in scripture as the KJV, but not consistently. KJV can be hard to understand compared to NKJV- NKJV being easier to comprehend bc it was written to be reader friendly in todays language. neither one is better than the other. its the same bible.