The term '''''Hebrew Bible''''' is a generic reference to books of the [[Bible]], originally written in [[Hebrew]], and of uncontroversial [[canon|canonicity]]. The term closely corresponds to contents of the Jewish [[Tanakh]] and the Protestant[Old Testament, but does not include the [[deuterocanonical]] portions of the Roman Catholic Old Testament. The term does not imply naming, numbering or ordering of books, while both [[Tanakh]] and Old Testament do. | The term '''''Hebrew Bible''''' is a generic reference to books of the [[Bible]], originally written in [[Hebrew]], and of uncontroversial [[canon|canonicity]]. The term closely corresponds to contents of the Jewish [[Tanakh]] and the Protestant[Old Testament, but does not include the [[deuterocanonical]] portions of the Roman Catholic Old Testament. The term does not imply naming, numbering or ordering of books, while both [[Tanakh]] and Old Testament do. |