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THE 24
HOLY BOOKS OF THE WRITTEN LAW
TANACH*
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| Volume Number |
Volume
Name
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Perakim
Chapters |
Pesukim
Verses |
Written
by
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| TANACH* | A | TORAH**** |
Sidrot
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5
Books of Moshe - Chumashim - Pentateuch
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| 1 | Bereishit (Genesis) |
12
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50
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1534 | Moshe Rabeinu | ||||
| 2 | Shmot (Exodus) |
11
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40
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1209 | Moshe Rabeinu | ||||
| 3 | Vayikra (Leviticus) |
10
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27
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859 | Moshe Rabeinu | ||||
| 4 | Bamidbar (Numbers) |
10
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36
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1288 | Moshe Rabeinu | ||||
| 5 | Devarim (Deuteronomy) |
11
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34
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955 | Moshe Rabeinu | ||||
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B
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NEVI'IM |
The
Prophets
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| 6 | Rishonim- Early Prophets |
Yehoshua (Joshua) |
24
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656 | Yehoshua | ||||
| 7 | " | Shoftim (Judges) |
21
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618 | Shmuel | ||||
| 8 | " | Shmuel 1-2 (Samuel) |
31-24
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1506 | Shmuel till chapter 24, then by the prophet Nathan | ||||
| 9 | " | Melachim 1-2 (Kings) |
22-25
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1534 | Yirmiyahu | ||||
| 10 | Achronim- Later Prophets |
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) |
66
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1295 | King Chezkiah | ||||
| 11 | " | Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) |
52
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1365 | Yirmiyahu | ||||
| 12 | " | Yechezkel (Ezekiel) |
48
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1273 | Anshei Knesset Hag'dola*** | ||||
| 13 |
"
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Trei Asar |
The
Twelve (Minor) Prophets
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| 1 | Hoshea (Hosea) |
14
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197 | Anshei Knesset Hag'dola*** | |||||
| 2 | Yoel (Joel) |
4
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73 |
"
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| 3 | Amos (Amos) |
9
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146 |
"
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| 4 | Ovadyah (Obadiah) |
1
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21 |
"
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| 5 | Yonah (Jonah) |
4
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48 |
"
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| 6 | Micah (Micah) |
7
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105 |
"
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| 7 | Nachum (Nahum) |
3
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47 |
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| 8 | Chabakuk (Habakuk) |
3
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56 |
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| 9 | Tzefanyah (Zephaniah) |
3
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53 |
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| 10 | Chagai (Haggai) |
2
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38 |
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| 11 | Zecharyah Zachariah) |
14
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211 |
"
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| 12 | Malachi (Malachi) |
3
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55 |
"
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C |
KETUVIM |
The
Holy Writings, Scriptures (Hagiographa)
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| 14 | Tehillim (Psalms) |
150
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1535 | Dovid w/10 Zekaynim** | |||||
| 15 | Mishlei (Proverbs) |
31
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916 | Shlomo Hamelech | |||||
| 16 | Iyov (Job) |
42
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1070 | Anshei Knesset Hag'dola*** (some say Moshe Rabeinu) | |||||
| Chamesh Megillot |
The
Five Scrolls
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| 17 | 1 | Megillat Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs) |
8
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117 | Shlomo
Hamelech (King Solomon) |
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| 18 | 2 | Megillat Rut (Ruth) |
4
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85 | Shmuel | ||||
| 19 | 3 | Megillat Eichah (Lamentations) |
5
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145 | Yirmiyahu | ||||
| 20 | 4 | Megillat Kohelleth (Ecclesiastes) |
12
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222 | Shlomo Hamelech | ||||
| 21 | 5 | Megillat Esther (Esther) |
10
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166 | Anshei Knesset Hag'dola*** | ||||
| 22 | Doniyel (Daniel) |
14
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357 | Anshei Knesset Hag'dola*** | |||||
| 23 | Ezra & Nechemiah (Ezra & Nehemiah) |
10-13
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688 | Ezra | |||||
| 24 | Divrei Hayamim 1 & 2 (Chronicles) |
29-36
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1655 | Ezra & Nechemiah son of Chakliah | |||||
| *Ta Na Ch =an acrostic for Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim | |||||||||
| **Odom, Malchi Tzedek-Shem, Avrohom, Moshe, Haymon, Yedusun, Asaf, 3 sons of Korach. | |||||||||
| *** The Great Assembly (120 Judges and Prophets, including Mordechai) | |||||||||
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Number
of Pesukim in all the Torah (5 books) 5845. Number of Words in all the Torah (5 books) 79,976. Number of letters in all the Torah (5 books) 304,805. |
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It should be noted that the breaking of Shmuel (Samuel), Melachim (Kings), and Divrei Hayamim (Chronicles) into two parts is strictly an artifact of the Christian printers who first issued the books. They were too big to be issued as single volumes. Because every one followed these de facto standards, the titles of Volume 1 and Volume 2 were attached to the names. The division of the Tanach into chapters was also done by medieval Christians, and only later adopted by Jews. |
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