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	The Five Scrolls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Five Scrolls are part of the third major section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), which is called Ketuvim ("The Writings").
		They are five relatively short biblical books that are grouped together and known collectively in the Jewish tradition as "The Five Scrolls" (Hebrew: Hamesh Megillot or Chamesh Megillos).
		All five of these megillot ("scrolls") are traditionally read publicly in the synagogue over the course of the year in many Jewish communities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Five_Scrolls (559 words)

	Cantillation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Five Megillot (3 melodies are employed for these five scrolls)
		All are read in the same melody, which may be considered the "general" melody for the megillot: The Song of Songs on Passover; Ruth on Shavuot; Ecclesiastes on Sukkot.
		The Ashkenazic tradition preserves no melody for the special cantillation notes of Psalms, Proverbs, and Job, which were not publicly read in the synagogue by European Jews.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cantillation (1301 words)

	Reading Guides: Week Four
		Five of the books of Writings are known as the "Five Scrolls" (megillot), and were traditionally recited during five annual festivals
		It is divided into five sections, with verses praising God's glory acting as "bookmarks" (see for instance Ps 41:13 for one such set of verses).
		This is a series of five poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Babylonians.
	faculty.ucr.edu /~andrew/bible/readings4.htm (2806 words)

	Song of Songs: A Comparison of Texts
		megillot in the Hebrew Bible, each of which is read on a specific holiday.
		The same translation, but edited to eliminate archaic wording, is used in The Five Scrolls, which is published by CCAR and which can be taken as a “Reform version”.
		In this case, when the young lover compares his beloved maiden’s breasts to young gazelles, the five translations are almost identical.
	www.adath-shalom.ca /cant_db.htm (1228 words)

	Chapter 12: The Old Testament Periods of Canonization - Part 2
		In the first instance, Moses had “leisure time” during the forty years in the wilderness (no external wars were being fought for most of the period) to authorize the first five books as divine literature and to present them as the basic Law to Israel.
		It is interesting that these five books have been the ones that a number of Old Testament critics, even from ancient times, have tried to eliminate from the biblical canon.
		These five books of the Megillot are the only ones in the Old Testament which lack the imprimatur or sign-manual of Hezekiah.
	www.askelm.com /restoring/res014.htm (4119 words)

	The Jerusalem Scribe - Megillot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		All beginning scribes start out writing Megillot Esther, because Esther is the only book of the Bible which doesn't contain any of the specially sanctified Divine Names.
		Megillot Esther are usually written with columns of 11, 14, 21, 28, or 42 lines.
		Megillot Esther are commonly written with the word HaMelekh ("The King") at the head of almost all the columns, as this format is popular.
	www.jerusalemscribe.com /megillot.htm (404 words)

	Powell's Books - The Women's Haftarah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Discover how their interpretations of the Prophets, Writings, and Megillot can enrich your perspective.The Haftarah is a potent tool for understanding the values, ethics, and moral lessons contained in the Torah readings.
		Based on readings that are rich in imagery — some poetic, some narrative, some dark and brooding — their commentaries include surprising insights on the stories of Deborah and Yael, David and Goliath, David and Bathsheva, and the witch of Endor, among many others.
		Here, for the first time, women's unique experiences and perspectives are applied to the Haftarah, the five megillot (scrolls), and special Shabbat readings, offering readers the first comprehensive commentary by women.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-1580231330-1 (339 words)

	Chapter 12: The Old Testament Periods of Canonization
		There were five periods in the history of Israel in which the canonization of sacred scriptures took place.
		Simple reference to these five books (called the Pentateuch) shows them to be compositions written within the 40 years of the Exodus period.
		Every seventh year, however, the first five books of the Law, along with the five sections of the Psalms, were read over the period of one year.
	www.askelm.com /restoring/res013.htm (10534 words)

	Ketuvim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The five relatively short books of Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Book of Esther are collectively known as the Hamesh Megillot (The Five Scrolls).
		These scrolls are traditionally read over the course of the year in many Jewish communities.
		The list below presents them in the order they are read in the synagogue on holidays, beginning with the Song of Songs on Passover.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Ketuvim (442 words)

	Mail-Jewish Volume 38 Number 79
		I explained to her that the grouping of the so-called megillot in most modern Bibles presupposes their liturgical use, the order reflecting the order of the calendar, beginning with Pesach (Song, Ruth, Lamentations, Qohelet, Esther).
		Not only are the five megillot split up, but also (as one would expect) only Esther is explicitly referred to as a megilla.
		When I asked a learned colleague about the matter, he said that while the term "chamesh megillot" might be found in a few medieval works (very few, according to a search of the Bar-Ilan CD), it was basically a modern usage, as far as he knew.
	www.ottmall.com /mj_ht_arch/v38/mj_v38i79.html (1820 words)

	Hebrew Canon - True Order of the Books of the Old Testament
		The Hebrew Bible is often known among Jews as TaNaKh, an acronym derived from the names of its three divisions: Torah (Instruction, or Law, also called the Pentateuch), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).
		The Ketuvim consist of religious poetry and wisdom literature--Psalms, Proverbs, and Job, a collection known as the "Five Megillot" ("scrolls"; i.e., Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, which have been grouped together according to the annual cycle of their public reading in the synagogue)--and the books of Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
		The number of books in the Hebrew canon is thus 24, referring to the sum of the separate scrolls on which these works were traditionally written in ancient times.
	www.northnet.org /larabeeg/hebrew-canon.htm (322 words)

	Letter F Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Five seven.
	www.mauspfeil.net /F_208.html (76 words)

	6. Five Scrolls as a Whole
		This collection of five books may have been in imitation of the five books of the Torah and the five books of the Psalter.
		The grouping together of the Five Scrolls is attested in the earliest copies of the Hebrew Bible, upon which current editions are based.
		These books should then be interpreted in light of the theological and sociological issues of that age, specifically the reconstruction of a Jewish community and the emergence of religious Judaism.
	www.hope.edu /academic/religion/bandstra/RTOT/CH16/CH16_6.HTM (985 words)

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		The first five books of the Bible, associated with Moses, also known as Torat Moses, the "Teachings of Moses".
		The Hebrew names for the Five Books of Moses are often taken from the first verse of each book.
		The word megillot is the plural of megillah, meaning a "scroll." Five books of the Bible are referred to as The Five Megillot.
	dwp.bigplanet.com /templebethel/berit (1404 words)

	S.C.J. FAQ: Section 3.29. Torah: What are the Midrashim on the Five Megillot (aka The So-Called Rabbot)?
		Torah: What are the Midrashim on the Five Megillot (aka The So-Called Rabbot)?
		What are the Midrashim on the Five Megillot (aka The So-Called Rabbot)?
		If you would like to be part of the group to which the maintainer directs questions, please drop a note to the FAQ maintainer at maintainer@scjfaq.org.
	www.shamash.org /lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/03-29.html (256 words)

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		Most modern scholars give the composition of Eichah a somewhat later date and ascribe authorship to more than one anonymous source, but they see a basic unity in the book.
		Lamentations is the third in a grouping known as the Five Megillot (Scrolls) and is read in the synagogue on Tisha B'Av (Ninth of Av) which commemorates the destruction of both the First and Second Temples and other tragic events in Jewish history.
		The five chapters of Eichah, also known as kinot (dirges), are sung in a uniquely mournful cantillation or trope.
	www.uscj.org /perekyomi/lamentations.txt (885 words)

	[b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I have also received the following in reference to your mention of Tov's book and the "five scrolls" from Carla Sulzbach: "I checked my copy, and indeed, on p.
		he does not refer to Torah scrolls, five or any other number, but to Shir ha-Shirim, Ruth, Eicha, etc." I don't know.
		In the Hebrew edition, he doesn't seem to discuss methods of order of the books at all, at least not where I could see it, so perhaps it is an addition in the English version.
	lists.ibiblio.org /pipermail/b-hebrew/2005-August/025511.html (363 words)

	Kolbo.com - Fine Judaica, Books, Music, and Ketubot
		Five Books of Moses: The Schocken Bible, Volume I, cloth Deluxe with drawings
		Five Books of Moses: The Schocken Bible, Volume I, pb
		Five Scrolls: The Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, the Book of Esther
	www.kolbo.com /booklist.php?cat=Bible&show=4 (86 words)

	Micrography: The Hebrew Word as Art Online Exhibit at JTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This elaborate example contains the blessing and the count for each day of the Omer as well as portions of the liturgical texts from all of the major Jewish holidays.
		The micrographic border illustration comprises the texts of all five of the biblical megillot.
		Another almost identical Omer calendar, executed by the same artist and dated 1823, can be found in the Ethnological Museum and Folklore Archives in Haifa.
	www.jtsa.edu /library/exhib/microg/01.shtml (154 words)

	Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Danielle knows of only five artists working with gold leaf in Israel, and there is no local supplier.
		They were asked by an American client to create a series of the Five Books of Moses in micrography, in which the illustration is formed from the entire text, written in minuscule letters.
		Their ambition is to complete a set of all five megillot: Ruth, Eichah, Shir HaShirim, Esther, and Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), along with the Haggadah.
	ok.org /homemaker/tishrei62/art.html (1429 words)

	Gideon's Blog
		These five books are read as part of the service at each of the three pilgrimage festivals and at the two most important rabbinic holidays of the Jewish calendar, holidays that relate to events recorded in the relevant megillah.
		All the other megillot are read at times that "make sense" in terms of the holiday.
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	www.gideonsblog.blogspot.com /2002_09_01_gideonsblog_archive.html (11775 words)

	Mail-Jewish Volume 39 Number 90
		Concerning the earlier discussion about the treatment of the five megillot as a group: it is interesting that the Midrash Rabbah consists of ten books: five midrashim on the five books of the Humash, and five for the five megillot.
		This means that the five megillot were seen as a distinctive grouping by the time this was compiled.
		But as that was only 1000 or 1200 years ago, it doesn't prove very much.
	www.ottmall.com /mj_ht_arch/v39/mj_v39i90.html (1893 words)

	Institute for Jewish
		The five megillot of the Hebrew Bible (megillah means “scroll”), have traveled through Jewish history as a set, and found their way into Christian tradition one-by-one.
		With themes of loyalty, love jealousy, communal survival, passion,cynicism, suffering, and more all plainly in view, they have traditionally been associated with five feasts and fasts of the Jewish year.
		Come join Dr. Walter Wagner and five Jewish teachers – all of them gems in their own right – and explore these exciting and intriguing books.
	www.muhlenberg.edu /cultural/ijcu/Minicourse02.html (462 words)

	Midrasha - East Bay Jewish Community High School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Personalities of the Five Books of Moses have long interested novelists, musicians, poets, and artists.
		The five megillot are not only great works of literature, poetry, and philosophy.
		Tapping the infinite sources of the creative spirit - unleashing creative expression through experimentation in a variety of painting and drawing media - students will be encouraged to explore their relationship to the universe, the core of their Jewish identity and the inherent joy in creative expression.
	www.midrasha.org /p_classes.html (3834 words)

	Alljudaica.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Discover how their interpretations of the Prophets, Writings, and Megillot can enrich your perspective.
		The Haftarah is a potent tool for understanding the values, ethics, and moral lessons contained in the Torah readings.
		Based on readings that are rich in imagery—some poetic, some narrative, some dark and brooding—their commentaries include surprising insights on the stories of Deborah and Yael, David and Goliath, David and Bathsheva, and the witch of Endor, among many others.
	www.alljudaica.com /detail_print.asp?bid=4350 (182 words)

	Song of Solomon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		an Old Testament book that belongs to the third section of the biblical canon, known as the Ketuvim, or “Writings.” In the Hebrew Bible the Song of Solomon stands with Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther and with them makes up the Megillot, five scrolls that are read on various religious festivals of the Jewish year.
		In the Hebrew Bible, Lamentations stands with Ruth, the Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, and Esther and with them makes up the Megillot, five scrolls that are read on various festivals of the Jewish religious year.
		In the Hebrew Bible, Ruth stands with the Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther; together they make up the Megillot, five scrolls that are read at prescribed times on Jewish religious festivals.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9068615 (773 words)

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