<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Tanakh (/ tɑːˈnɑːx /; Hebrew: תַּנַ "ךְ ‎, pronounced (taˈnaχ) or (təˈnax); also Tenakh, Tenak, Tanach), also called the Mikra or Hebrew Bible, is the canonical collection of Jewish texts, which is also a textual source for the Christian Old Testament . These texts are composed mainly in Biblical Hebrew, with some passages in Biblical Aramaic (in the books of Daniel, Ezra and a few others). The traditional Hebrew text is known as the Masoretic Text . The Tanakh consists of twenty - four books . </P> <P> Tanakh is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text's three traditional subdivisions: Torah ("Teaching", also known as the Five Books of Moses), Nevi'im ("Prophets") and Ketuvim ("Writings")--hence TaNaKh . The name Mikra (מקרא ‎), meaning "that which is read", is another Hebrew word for the Tanakh . The books of the Tanakh were passed on by each generation and, according to rabbinic tradition were accompanied by an oral tradition, called the Oral Torah . </P> <P> The three - part division reflected in the acronym "Tanakh" is well attested in literature of the Rabbinic period . During that period, however, "Tanakh" was not used . Instead, the proper title was Mikra (or Miqra, מקרא, meaning "reading" or "that which is read") because the biblical texts were read publicly . Mikra continues to be used in Hebrew to this day, alongside Tanakh, to refer to the Hebrew scriptures . In modern spoken Hebrew, they are interchangeable . </P>

What is the jewish designation for the first five books of the old testament