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n. [ From the initial (Hebrew) letters of Torah, Nevi'im, and Kethubim. ] A term used among Jews for the Hebrew Bible; the Old Testament. [ Also spelled Tanach. ] Although Christians use the term “Old Testament”, this term implies the superseding force of the “New Testament”, not recognized as revelation by the Jewish faith. [ PJC ]

The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, “Law, ” or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the “Writings, ” generally termed Hagiographa. C. H. H. Wright. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]