Tanakh

canon of the Hebrew Bible, written mostly in Hebrew with some Aramaic
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Tanakh
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Summary

Tanakh is a biblical canon[1]. Tanakh draws 10,431 Wikipedia views per month (biblical canon category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Judaism[3]
  • Instance of: religious text[4], miscellany[5], series of creative works[6]
  • Genre: religious literature[7]
  • Based on: Torah[8], Nevi'im[9], Ketuvim[10]
  • Subclass of: Hebrew Bible[11]
  • Commons category: Tanakh[12]
  • Language of work or name: Biblical Hebrew[13], Biblical Aramaic[14]
  • Said to be the same as: Hebrew Bible[15]
  • Has part(s): Torah[16], Nevi'im[17], Ketuvim[18]
  • Edition or translation of: Old Testament[19]
  • Has edition or translation: Masoretic Text[20], Aleppo Codex[21], Septuagint[22], Mikraot Gedolot - Haketer[23], Oxford Hebrew Bible[24], Tanakh Ram[25], Old Testament[26], Mikraot Gedolot[27]
  • Has cause: revelation[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hebrew Bible[29]
  • Work available at URL: https://www.mgketer.org/[30]
  • Described by source: New World Encyclopedia[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32]
  • Title: תנ"ך[33]
  • Derivative work: Mishnah[34], Mishneh Torah[35], Shulchan Aruch[36], Sefer Hamitzvot[37], Jewish commentaries on the Bible[38], Arba'ah Turim[39], Hilchot HaRif[40], Tanakh Ram[41], Midrash HaGadol[42], Yalkut Shimoni[43], Halachot Gedolot[44], Talmud[45], Chofetz Chaim[46]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/National Library of Israel[47], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[48]
  • Form of creative work: anthology[49]

Why It Matters

Tanakh has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Tanakh is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . newworldencyclopedia.org. newworldencyclopedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 100
    Title → {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'תנ"ך'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'br', 'c
    Subclass of → Hebrew Bible
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: Hebrew Bible"
  2. 15w ago · ~2026-37517-35 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'תנ"ך'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Title: elukll"
  3. 15w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → tanachas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: tanachas"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0363840-Bible
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0363840-Bible, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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