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-# The first five [[book]]s of the [[Hebrew Scriptures]], attributed to [[Moses]] and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.+ 
-#: ''Tradition holds that the '''Torah''' was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.''+'''Torah''' is the central concept in the [[Judaism|Judaic tradition]]. It refers most specifically to the first five books of the [[Tanakh]]. Torah consists of the [[etiological myth|foundational narrative]] of the [[Jewish peoplehood|Jewish people]].
-# The full body of written [[Jewish]] [[law]], including the [[Tanakh]], the [[Talmud]], the [[Mishnah]] and the [[midrashic]] texts.+ 
-#: ''It says in the '''Torah''' that both gossip and murder cause irreparable damage.''+According to [[religious tradition|rabbinic tradition]], all of the teachings found in the Torah, both written and oral, were given by God to [[Moses]], some of them at [[Biblical Mount Sinai|Mount Sinai]] and others at the [[Tabernacle]], and all the teachings were [[Mosaic authorship|written down by Moses]], which resulted in the Torah we have today. According to a [[Midrash]], the Torah was created prior to the [[Genesis creation narrative|creation of the world]], and was used as the blueprint for Creation. The majority of [[Biblical scholars]] believe that the written books were a product of the [[Babylonian captivity|Babylonian exilic]] period (c. 600 BCE) and that it was completed by the [[Yehud Medinata|Persian period]] (c. 400 BCE).
-# The whole of Jewish [[law]], both written and unwritten.+ 
-# The encompassing [[philosophy]] of [[Judaism]].+==See also==
 +* [[Christianity and Judaism]]
 +* [[Heptateuch]]
 +* [[Hexapla]]
 +* [[Ketuvim]]
 +* [[Nevi'im]]
 +* [[JPS Tanakh]]
 +* [[Jewish Publication Society (JPS)]]
 +* [[Judeo-Christian tradition]]
 +* [[Moses in rabbinic literature]]
 +* [[Samaritan Pentateuch]]
 +* [[Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses]]
 +* [[Tanakh]]
 +* [[Ten Commandments]]
 +* [[Torah study]]
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Torah is the central concept in the Judaic tradition. It refers most specifically to the first five books of the Tanakh. Torah consists of the foundational narrative of the Jewish people.

According to rabbinic tradition, all of the teachings found in the Torah, both written and oral, were given by God to Moses, some of them at Mount Sinai and others at the Tabernacle, and all the teachings were written down by Moses, which resulted in the Torah we have today. According to a Midrash, the Torah was created prior to the creation of the world, and was used as the blueprint for Creation. The majority of Biblical scholars believe that the written books were a product of the Babylonian exilic period (c. 600 BCE) and that it was completed by the Persian period (c. 400 BCE).

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