of Judaism. Indeed, one of the reasons the Sadducees did not accept the doctrine of resurrection was that it cannot be demonstrated from the Torah (hence the significance of Jesus’ reply in Mark 12:18–27). The second section is divided into the former prophets - what Christians would call the historical books from Joshua to 2 Kings - and the latter prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Twelve). This was also relatively fixed, though texts found at Qumran show that there were variations in both
Page 9