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| historical narratives written in relation to the book of Deuteronomy: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings (i.e. the former prophets) |
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| the first of two sub-collections within the second division of the Tanak- Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings: explain the rise and fall of the Hebrew Kingdom. begins with Israel crossing the Jordan and ends with the exile of Judah |
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| refers to the Ranak or OT as opposed to the Greek scriptures or NT |
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"six books"
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua
-retelling of the story from call of Abraham to conquest in Joshua 24 |
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| text in its original when compared to the Greek or Aramaic versions of the Tanak |
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| the second of two subcollections within the second major division of the Tanak, namely the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve prophets |
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Roman numeral 70 used as an abbreviation for "Septuagint"
70=legend that 70 scribes translated the Bible in 70 days |
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Masoretic Text. Masoretes were Judaic scribes that copied Hebrew scriptures through the middle ages.
-text of Hebrew Scripture from which we translate Hebrew scriptures into English |
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rabbinic tradition->God's revelation at Sinai which was handed down orally, eventually written in the Mishnah.
-rejected by protestants |
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