The word "Torah" is a tricky one, because it can mean different things in different contexts. In its most limited sense, "Torah" refers to the Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. But the word "Torah" can also be used to refer to the entire Jewish bible (the body of scripture known to non-Jews as the Old Testament and to Jews as the Tanakh or Written Torah), or in its broadest sense, to the whole body of Jewish law and teachings.
Written Torah
To Jews, there is no "Old Testament." The books that Christians call the New Testament are not part of Jewish scripture. The so-called Old Testament is known to us as Written Torah or the Tanakh.
This is a list of the books of Written Torah, in the order in which they appear in Jewish translations, with the Hebrew name of the book, a translation of the Hebrew name (where it is not the same as the English name), and English names of the books (where it is not the same as the Hebrew name). The Hebrew names of the first five books are derived from the first few words of the book. The text of each book is more or less the same in Jewish translations as what you see in Christian bibles, although there are some occasional, slight differences in the numbering of verses and there are some significant differences in the translations.
TORAH (The Law):
Bereishith (In the beginning...) (Genesis)
Shemoth (The names...) (Exodus)
Vayiqra (And He called...) (Leviticus)
Bamidbar (In the wilderness...) (Numbers)
Devarim (The words...) (Deuteronomy)
NEVI'IM (The Prophets):
Yehoshua (Joshua)
Shoftim (Judges)
Shmuel (I &II Samuel)
Melakhim (I & II Kings)
Yeshayah (Isaiah)
Yirmyah (Jeremiah)
Yechezqel (Ezekiel)
The Twelve (treated as one book)
Hoshea (Hosea)
Yoel (Joel)
Amos
Ovadyah (Obadiah)
Yonah (Jonah)
Mikhah (Micah)
Nachum
Chavaqquq (Habbakkuk)
Tzefanyah (Zephaniah)
Chaggai
Zekharyah (Zechariah)
Malakhi
KETHUVIM (The Writings):
Tehillim (Psalms)
Mishlei (Proverbs)
Iyov (Job)
Shir Ha-Shirim (Song of Songs)
Ruth
Eikhah (Lamentations)
Qoheleth (the author's name) (Ecclesiastes)
Esther
Daniel
Ezra & Nechemyah (Nehemiah) (treated as one book)
Divrei Ha-Yamim (The words of the days) (Chronicles)
Written Torah is often referred to as the Tanakh, which is an acrostic of Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim.
There are 39 books in the OT.
There are 17 historical books of which the first five are called The Torah.Which is Hebrew for Law. Since the contain the law.And these are also called the Pentateuch.
Then there are the poetic books
Then there are the Prophetic books of which there are 17 in all.
Five and they are in the Old Testament. They are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The Bible has the legitimate books, what we don't have is the Babylonian Talmud.
The Torah is the first five books of the Jewish Bible, also known as the Pentateuch. There are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Together with the Neviyim (Prophets) and the K'tuvim (Writings), they comprise the Tanakh, or Jewish Bible. The number of books in the Jewish Bible is exactly the same as in the Protestant Old Testament. No part of the Tanakh was removed from the King James (although it is not well translated). The Catholic Old Testament contains a few books of Jewish literature that are are not part of the Jewish Bible, but which the Jewish people consider to be history and literature.
There are many available English translations of the Tanakh. Some are published by Jewish sources, others by Christians sources. None are completely accurate translations. (Although the Jewish people have enormous respect for the Hebrew text, and will not alter it in any way, not even to correct spelling or grammar errors, that respect does not always carry over to translations of the Tanakh into other languages. There are translation errors in the Septuagint [the Greek translation] and there are translation errors in the English versions. Often, these are accidental. but occasionally, they are deliberate, for doctrinal reasons.)
The best bet for an accurate understanding of the Tanakh is to learn Hebrew and read it in the original language. Contrary to popular opinion, Hebrew is not a difficult language to learn. Although the alphabet appears formidable, it is actually the most difficult part. Once it is mastered, the grammar and vocabulary are much easier to master. It is far easier than learning Greek. (I can read both, and have taught Hebrew on and off since 1979.)
Torah is equivalent to the first five books of the Christian Bible. Note that several Christian Bibles have a distinctly Christian bias to their translations not approved by Jewish people.
The "Jewish Bible" - commonly referred to by scholars as the "Hebrew Bible" but more correctly "Tanakh" - is identical in content to the King James Version Old Testament. Note that the same problem with Christian-biased translation is relevant here, particularly with regard to the King James Version.
http://www.bible-reviews.com/charts_scriptures_hb.html
2) Was there books or stories taken out of the King James version Bible?
There are several editions of the King James Version that are more complete than that commonly available. However, Scriptures have *not* been removed from the King James Version Old Testament. You can see here a more complete discussion of what was included in the original King James Version and many of the editions that include some or all of that commonly-abridged material:
http://www.bibleselector.com/r_kjv.html
3) What is the best book today that translated out the Hebrew book
Rather than give you my opinion, I will give you this link which guides you step-by-step in choosing the best Bible for your needs. Included in the results are English translations of Tanakh as well as dozens of Christian Bible versions and a mini comparison chart for those versions.
http://www.BibleSelector.com/
Cambridge Paragraph Bible on line:
http://www.onlinestudybibles.com/kjv.html
How many books are in the Torah or Jewish bible?
