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II. The Prophets ( Nevi'im )
4 Former
Yehoshua (Joshua) Shophtim (Judges)
Shmuel (I & II Samuel) Melakhim (I & II Kings)
3 Latter Major
Yeshayah (Isaiah) Yirmyah (Jeremiah)
Yechezqel (Ezekiel)
12 Latter Minor
Hoshea (Hosea) Yoel (Joel)
Amos (Amos) Ovadyah (Obadiah)
Yonah (Jonah) Mikhah (Micah)
Nachum (Nahum) Chavaqquq (Habakkuk)
Tzefanyah (Zephaniah) Chaggai (Haggai)
Zekharyah (Zechariah) Malakhi (Malachi)
III. The Writings (Ketuvim)
3 Poetic Books
Tehillim (Psalms) Mishlei (Proverbs) Iyov (Job)
5 Scrolls
Shir Ha-Shirim (Song of Solomon) Ruth (Ruth)
Eikhah (Lamentations) Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes)
Esther (Esther)
3 Other Books
Divrei Ha-Yamim (I & II Chronicles)
Ezra & Nechemyah (Ezra & Nehemiah)
Daniel (Daniel)
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The Jerusalem Gemara circa 350 AD
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The Babylonian Gemara circa 350 AD
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The Torah In its limited sense, the Torah is the Pentateuch ( Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy ). In its broadest sense, the Torah may encompass the entire body of Jewish religious beliefs, i.e., Judaism.
The Mishna Even before the birth of Christ Rabbinical folklore asserted that God revealed knowledge about the Pentateuch to Moses on Mount Sinai that Moses did not write down, but rather passed on orally to Aaron and other Rabbis. In time, this supposed knowledge became codified, in an oral state, as the Tradition of the Elders. The Lord Jesus upbraided the Pharisees for following certain aspects of this tradition ( Mark 7:8,9; Matthew 15:3,5,6 ).
Nonetheless, there is some truth to the belief that the Lord Jehovah did impart knowledge to Moses that clarified the written Law, and it is because of this fact that Jewish dogma began to be passed on from generation to generation as being worthy of having God's authority behind it. It was not until circa 200 AD that this Oral Law was finally written down by Rabbi Judah haNasi, and this became known as the Mishna.
The Gemara Concurrently with the production of the Mishna there were produced two other written works which dealt with the Rabbinical interpretation and analysis of the Mishna, known as the Jerusalem Gemara and the Babylonian Gemara, since they were conceived by Rabbinical effort in those two locations. In time, these belief sets were codified and written down circa 400 AD for the Jerusalem Gemara and circa 500 AD for the Babylonian Gemara. Collectively, these teachings constitute the Talmud. The Tanakh is composed of the 24 books listed in the first column, the 12 Latter Minor Prophets being taken to comprise one book. ev
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