Bird’s - eye view of the Tanach

A Bird’s - eye view of the Tanach

The Hebrew Bible.

TORAH

(Chumash) (‘LAW’)

Five books of Moses

1. Bereshit (1)

(Genesis)

2. Shemot (2)

(Exodus)

3. Vayikra (3)

(Leviticus)

4. Bamidbar (4)

(Numbers)

5. Devarim (5)

(Deuteronomy)

NEVI’IM

(PROPHETS)

(a) Nevi’im Rishonim
(Early Prophets)

6. Joshua (6)
7. Judges (7)
8. Samuel [1st Samuel] (9)

[2nd Samuel] (10)

9. Kings [1st Kings] (11)

[2nd Kings] (12)

(b) Nevi’im Aharonim
(Later Prophets)

10. Isaiah (23)
11. Jeremiah (24)
12. Eziekiel (26)

13. TERAY ‘ARAS

(Twelve Prophets)

Hosea (28)
Joel (29)
Amos (30)
Obadiah (31)
Jonah (32)
Micah (33)
Nahum (34)
Habakkuk (35)
Zephaniah (36)
Haggai (37)
Zechariah (38)
Malachi (39)

CHETUVIM

(WRITINGS)

(a) Former Writings

14. Psalms (19)
15. Proverbs (20)
16. Job (18)

(b) Chamaysh Megillot

Five Scrolls

17. Song of Songs (22)

This scroll is read at Pesach

18. Ruth (8)

This scroll is read at Shavuot

19. Lamentations (25)

This scroll is read at Tishah B’av

20. Ecclesiastics (21)

This scroll is read at Succot

21. Ester (17)

This scroll is read at Purim

22. Daniel (27)
23 Ezra (15) & Nehemiah (16)
24. Chronicles [1st Chron.] (13)

[2nd Chron.] (14)

Key: Numbers to the left of the title indicate the order and number of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible. Numbers in brackets to the right of the title indicate order and number of the 39 books of most English Christian Bible’s.
Each of the five scrolls are read on a festival, which one is indicated by the (This scroll is read at )
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