Editing Swedenborgianism (section)

=== Old Testament ===
According to Swedenborg, the original text of the [[Old Testament]] is preserved in the Hebrew [[Masoretic Text]], where letters were counted by the [[Masoretes]] to ensure that the text remained accurate.<ref>DS, n. 13.</ref> Like Judaism does, he divides the Old Testament into three parts: the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms. The Old Testament books with an internal spiritual sense (and, thus, divinely inspired) include:<ref>AC, n. 2606, 10325.</ref>

*The Law of Moses
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:*[[Book of Genesis|Genesis]]
:*[[Book of Exodus|Exodus]]
:*[[Book of Leviticus|Leviticus]]
:*[[Book of Numbers|Numbers]]
:*[[Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]]
:*[[Book of Joshua|Joshua]]
:*[[Book of Judges|Judges]]
:*[[Books of Samuel|Samuel]]
:*[[Books of Kings|Kings]]
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*The Prophets
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:*[[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]]
:*[[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]]
:*[[Book of Lamentations|Lamentations]]
:*[[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel]]
:*[[Book of Daniel|Daniel]]
:*[[Book of Hosea|Hosea]]
:*[[Book of Joel|Joel]]
:*[[Book of Amos|Amos]]
:*[[Book of Obadiah|Obadiah]]
:*[[Book of Jonah|Jonah]]
:*[[Book of Micah|Micah]]
:*[[Book of Nahum|Nahum]]
:*[[Book of Habakkuk|Habakkuk]]
:*[[Book of Zephaniah|Zephaniah]]
:*[[Book of Haggai|Haggai]]
:*[[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]]
:*[[Book of Malachi|Malachi]]
}}

*The [[Psalms]]

Swedenborg's grouping differs from Judaism's; he assigned Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings to the Law of Moses, but according to the Jewish biblical canon the Law of Moses (the [[Torah]]) refers to the first five books{{snd}}Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings belong to the Prophets ([[Nevi'im]]). Elsewhere, however, Swedenborg says that [[Moses]] and [[Elijah]] represent the Law and the Prophets respectively.<ref>AC, n. 2135, 5922(5), 5922(8).</ref>

The other books of the Old Testament (which are not generally believed to be divinely inspired) include those grouped by the Jews as "Writings" ([[Ketuvim]]). The Greek [[Septuagint]] incorporated other writings into the Hebrew texts, which [[Martin Luther]] placed in the intertestamental section titled [[Biblical apocrypha|Apocrypha]], located between the Old Testament and New Testament. Although the Jews included Lamentations, Daniel and the Psalms in the Ketuvim, New Church adherents consider them divinely inspired.<ref>AC, n. 1756(2), 3540(2), 3942(2), 9942(5).</ref>