A Bird’s - eye view of the Tanach
The Hebrew Bible
TORAH
(Chumash) (‘LAW’)
Five books of Moses
1. Bereshit (1)
(Genesis)
2. Shemot (2)
(Exodus)
3. Vayikra (3)
(Leviticus)
4. Bamidbar (4)
(Numbers)
5. Devarim (5)
(Deuteronomy)
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NEVI’IM
(PROPHETS)
(a) Nevi’im Rishonim
(Early Prophets)
6. Joshua (6)
7. Judges (7)
8. Samuel [1st Samuel] (9)
[2nd Samuel] (10)
9. Kings [1st Kings] (11)
[2nd Kings] (12)
(b) Nevi’im Aharonim
(Later Prophets)
10. Isaiah (23)
11. Jeremiah (24)
12. Eziekiel (26)
13. TERAY ‘ARAS
(Twelve Prophets)
Hosea (28)
Joel (29)
Amos (30)
Obadiah (31)
Jonah (32)
Micah (33)
Nahum (34)
Habakkuk (35)
Zephaniah (36)
Haggai (37)
Zechariah (38)
Malachi (39)
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CHETUVIM
(WRITINGS)
(a) Former Writings
14. Psalms (19)
15. Proverbs (20)
16. Job (18)
(b) Chamaysh Megillot
Five Scrolls
17. Song of Songs (22)
This scroll is read at Pesach
18. Ruth (8)
This scroll is read at Shavuot
19. Lamentations (25)
This scroll is read at Tishah B’av
20. Ecclesiastics (21)
This scroll is read at Succot
21. Ester (17)
This scroll is read at Purim
(c) Latter Writings
22. Daniel (27)
23 Ezra (15) & Nehemiah (16)
24. Chronicles [1st Chron.] (13)
[2nd Chron.] (14) |
Key: Numbers to the left of the title indicate the order and number of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible. Numbers in brackets to the right of the title indicate order and number of the 39 books of most English Christian Bible’s.
Each of the five scrolls are read on a festival, which one is indicated by the (This scroll is read at )

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