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Is the Christian Old Testament exactly the same book as the Jewish Torah?

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Is the Christian Old Testament exactly the same book as the Jewish Torah?

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The word you’re looking for is TaNaKh although some Jews refer to the entire Hebrew Bible as the Torah. The books found in the TaNaKh are the same as the Christian OT without the book of Revelation. They are arranged in a different order according to the books. T = Torah (the first five books of the Xtian Bible) N = Nevi’im (prophets) K = Ketuvim (writings) The main difference between the Hebrew Bible and the Christian version is that many interpretations are acceptable in Judaism. There are many Hebrew Bibles with the English and Hebrew side-by-side together with commentary from many sages. A single interpretation is not acceptable in Judaism. When we teach Torah, we always cite other scholars’ interpretations and use the many interpretations found in the Talmud. We are taught to challenge and question all things in life. We don’t take things at face value. When Nobel Prize winner Isaac Rabi was asked to what he attributed his success, he said he always remembered that every day when

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