The Structure of the Bible
The first part is called Torah which can be interpreted as "teaching" or "theory". It consists of five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. In Hebrew, the titles of the books derive from the first words of the text, while in English they derive from the content of the book. The second part is Nevi’im which means prophets in Hebrew. This part is divided into two parts: the earlier prophets (e.g. Samuel) and the later prophets (e.g. Isaiah). The last part of the Tanach is called Ketuvim and it means "the writings". Here we find Psalms, Proverbs, Job and the five scrolls. The canon concludes with Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah and Chronicles I and II.
