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| Jewish religious writings of the Hellenistic and Roman periods that are not considered part of the Bible by Jews and Protestants, but are part of the canons of Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches, who also call them the deuterocanonocal books. |
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| A group of books considered scripture by a religious group. |
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| In Jewish tradition, the first division of the Prophets, comprising the books Joshua, Judges, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings. |
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| The Tanakh. Its contents are the same as in the Old Testament in the Protestant canon, but the order differs. |
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| In Jewish tradition, the second part of the prophets, comprising the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Book of the Twelve (minor prophets) |
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| In modern scholarship, the shorter books are called minor prophets. |
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| In Christian tradition, the first part of scripture which contains the Hebrew scriptures. |
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| In Jewish tradition, the second of the three parts of the Hebrew Bible, comprising the books of Joshua to 2 Kings and Isaiah to Malachi. |
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| An acronym used for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible: Torah/Neviim (prophets)/ Ketuvim (Writings) |
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| The third books, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1&2 Chronicles |
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| The name of the Promised Land before the Israelite conquest. |
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| A large body of water in the Rift Valley into which the Jordan River flows. |
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| Arable area of land in Southern Messopotamia |
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