[JDS} It still does end with Chronicles. Only the order of the books and their arrangement are different: I. Torah = 5 Books of Moses II. Prophets A. Former Prophets 1. Joshua <snip list>
[JDS] If by canon you mean Holy Scriptures, there has been 100% consensus among Jews since the second century CE at the latest. The Samaritans have only the Torah and an entirely different and shorter Joshua. As for laws or commandments, there are none outside the Torah.
[JDS] In the Mishna, one finds the following terms used to describe the Jewish Bible or Tanakh: kitvei haQodesh (Holy Scriptures), 24 Sefarim (the24 Books).
[JDS] <snip> Testament = Covenant, treaty. <snip>
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.