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Transcript 285B — What is the Tenach?
HC: Good evening. Welcome to Open Forum.
CALLER: Yes. I have something I'd like to ask you. I notice when you give the daily scripture reading, you sometimes refer to the Tenach. I don't know what that is. Could you explain that to me?
HC: The question that is raised is, What is the Tenach? The Tenach is the equivalent of our English Old Testament. It is the Bible that is actually used in the Jewish synagogues today, and it is identical to our Old Testament, except that the order of the books is somewhat different. It is the same Bible that Jesus would have used in His day.
Really, when you read the Tenach, you are reading exactly the same Bible as that part of the Bible that we call the Old Testament.