Torah
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| 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). | 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). | ||
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| - | Traditionally, the words of the Torah are written on a [[scroll]] by a ''[[sofer]]'' on parchment in Hebrew. A [[Weekly Torah portion|Torah portion]] is read publicly at least once every three days, in the [[Halakha|halachically prescribed]] tune, in the presence of a [[Qahal|congregation]]. Reading the Torah publicly is one of the bases for Jewish communal life. | ||
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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).
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
