Tanakh

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tanak \Tanak\, Tanakh \Tanakh\, n. [From the initial (Hebrew)
     letters of Torah, Nevi'im, and Kethubim.]
     a term used among Jews for the Hebrew Bible; the Old
     Testament. [Also spelled {Tanach}.]
  
     Note: Although Christians use the term "Old Testament", this


           term implies the superseding force of the "New
           Testament", not recognized as revelation by the Jewish
           faith.
           [PJC]
  
                 The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1)
                 The {Torah}, "Law," or Pentateuch. (2) The
                 Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the
                 "Writings," generally termed {Hagiographa}. --C.
                                                    H. H. Wright.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Tanakh
       n : the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the
           Torah and the Prophets and the Writings [syn: {Tanach}, {Hebrew
           Scripture}]