Torah from Heaven

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Jewish theological doctrine doctrine of revelation religious belief

Torah from Heaven is the Jewish theological doctrine that the Torah is of divine origin and revelation, rather than a purely human creation.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Immutability of the Torah	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish theological doctrine ⓘ doctrine of revelation ⓘ religious belief ⓘ
affirmedBy	Orthodox Jewish theology ⓘ traditional rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
appliesToText	Five Books of Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ Pentateuch NERFINISHED ⓘ Written Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTo	Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
challengedBy	documentary hypothesis ⓘ historical-critical study of the Bible ⓘ
classifiedAs	dogma in many Orthodox communities ⓘ
contrastedWith	purely human authorship of the Torah ⓘ
denies	the Torah is a purely human creation ⓘ
hasAlternativeLabel	Torah from Heaven doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ Torah min ha-Shamayim NERFINISHED ⓘ Torah min haShamayim NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAspect	belief in the authority of Torah commandments ⓘ belief in the unity of the Torah text ⓘ
hasComponentBelief	God communicated commandments to Israel ⓘ Moses received the Torah from God ⓘ the Torah expresses divine will ⓘ
hasCoreClaim	the Torah is a product of divine revelation ⓘ the Torah is of divine origin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDoctrinalFunction	grounds the authority of halakha ⓘ grounds the sanctity of the Torah scroll ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext	developed in rabbinic literature ⓘ interpreted in medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ
hasInterpretiveIssue	extent and mode of divine authorship ⓘ role of human participation in revelation ⓘ
hasLanguageOfExpression	Hebrew ⓘ
hasNormativeStatus	obligatory belief in Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
hasReception	varied interpretations among non-Orthodox Jews ⓘ
hasReligion	Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasScripturalBasis	Book of Deuteronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinai revelation narrative ⓘ
influences	Jewish education ⓘ Jewish law NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish liturgy ⓘ
isDebatedIn	academic biblical studies ⓘ modern Jewish theology ⓘ
relatedConcept	Oral Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ divine authorship of the Torah ⓘ revelation at Sinai ⓘ
upheldBy	Maimonides NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Principles of Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish theology → keyConcept → Torah from Heaven ⓘ

Thirteen Principles of Faith → principle9 → Torah from Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immutability of the Torah

Matan Torah → relatedConcept → Torah from Heaven ⓘ