The Ancient Jewish Scribes Did Not Follow the Naming Procedure Used for the Five Books of Moses

In the Hebrew Bible, the books are named after words in the opening line of each book. It was only with the Septuagint that names were given to the books. Haafner: Ancient Jewish scribes did not follow the naming procedure used for the five books of Moses in the former prophets. Instead, they assigned individual books a title based upon subject matter.

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