The Holy Book
The Bible contains 'the word of God.' It consists of the New and Old Testament. The Old Testament contains writings or scriptures from before the time of Jesus while the New Testament contain includes Jesus' teachings.

Jewish scriptures are arranged into three sections; the Torah (law) makes up the first section, Nevi'im (prophets) refers to the second section and the Ketuvium, (writings) the last section. Together these make up the Hebrew Bible, which is another name for the Old Testament. Since Jews do not accept Jesus as the Messiah, they have no New Testament. The Tenach (the Hebrew name for their Bible) is written in Hebrew read from right to left.

The Torah is the most important of Jewish scriptures containing detailed laws of how to worship God. It consists of the first five books of the Bible. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.) The Torah Scroll is written on parchment of a kosher animal and is kept in an arc which usually faces Jerusalem. Above it sits an ever burning light which symbolizes the presence of God. The scroll is never touched by hand therefore a yad (pointer) is used to point to the words being read.

Though the Christian Bible contains the Old Testament, it is not arranged into sections as the Tenach is. Both the Old and the New Testament is used in Christian worship, readings from the Bible teach Christians God's word.