Ordering of Canon
The Old Testament of the canonical, Protestant Bible shares nearly identical content as the Jewish Tanakh, yet the two collections differ in the ordering and placement of their books. The Christian Old Testament orders the Jewish sacred scriptures generally into four categories: the Pentateuch, the Historical Books, the Poetical/Wisdom Books, and the Prophetic Books. In contrast, the Jewish Tanakh orders the Hebrew scriptures into three major sections: the Torah (Law/Instruction), the Nevi’im (Prophets), and the Ketuvim (Writings)....