ENGL 390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Book Of Deuteronomy, Ketuvim, Book Of Leviticus
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Anthology made of books, books made of chapters, chapters made of verses. Term -> anthology: a collection of writings produced and assembled in stages over more than a thousand years. First dozen books or so in old testament recount events from the creation of the world to. The rest of the books are organized more or less thematically. Term -> canon: the technical term for the official list of books comprising the bible; from. Greek word kanon, meaning rod (often used for measuring) Term -> ad: from latin words anno domini, meaning the year of the lord . In jewish tradition, the bible has three parts. From the hebrew names of the three parts, comes the frequently used acronym tanakh. Scholars often refer to the tanakh as the hebrew bible, in preference to the christian term old testament (is somewhat different canon in terms of both content and order of the books)
