The final book of the New Testament (the revelation of John) is, like the book of Daniel, an apocalyptic work featuring visions of the end of history and with the triumphant return of Jesus Christ , the beginning of a New age. The Jewish and Christian Bibles both have Central themes both focus on the involvement of the creator of the universe in the unfolding story of life ,especially human life.
Canon: From a Greek term for rule or standard any list of religious writings deemed authoritative.
Tanak: An acronym created from the Hebrew word for the three canonical sections
of the Hebrew BiBLE; Torah.
Torah: Hebrew for instruction, teaching Refers to God's instruction to the covenant people as well as, to the first five books of the tanak. In its broadest sense refers to all of the divine commandments, from both the tanak the written (Torah), Mishnah the oral Torah, and the other religious teaching, and thus to the total divine revelation of how the covenant people are to live.
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