Torah

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central text of Judaism holy scripture religious text sacred text

The Torah is the central and most sacred text of Judaism, comprising the foundational five books that outline Jewish law, teachings, and early history.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Torah canonical	190
Pentateuch	16
Written Torah	5
Greek Pentateuch	1
Greek Torah	1
Leviticus	1
Mosaic Law	1
Torah is a human record of the Jewish people’s encounter with the divine	1
Torah scroll	1
Torah shebikhtav (Written Torah)	1
Torah text	1
the Torah	1
written Torah	1
Ḥumash	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central text of Judaism ⓘ holy scripture ⓘ religious text ⓘ sacred text ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Five Books of Moses ⓘ Torah ⓘ surface form: Pentateuch
attributedAuthor	Moses ⓘ
centralTo	Jewish education ⓘ Jewish ethics ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ Jewish liturgy ⓘ Jewish theology ⓘ
contains	613 commandments (according to rabbinic tradition) ⓘ
containsBook	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ surface form: Deuteronomy Book of Exodus ⓘ surface form: Exodus Book of Genesis ⓘ surface form: Genesis Book of Leviticus ⓘ surface form: Leviticus Numbers ⓘ
dividedInto	chapters ⓘ parashot ⓘ verses ⓘ
hasConcept	commandments ⓘ covenant ⓘ creation ⓘ exodus from Egypt ⓘ revelation at Sinai ⓘ
influenced	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Islamic tradition ⓘ
language	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalCycle	annual Torah reading cycle ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Hebrew ⓘ
materialForm	Torah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Torah scroll printed book ⓘ
numberOfBooks	5 ⓘ
partOf	Tanakh ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
respectedBy	Christianity ⓘ surface form: Christians Muslims ⓘ
sacredTo	Jews ⓘ
script	Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
scriptureType	law ⓘ narrative ⓘ teaching ⓘ
usedIn	Jewish ritual ⓘ Torah study ⓘ synagogue services ⓘ
writtenOn	parchment ⓘ

Referenced by (222)

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

Jews → hasReligiousText → Torah ⓘ

Bible → contains → Torah ⓘ

Judaism → hasSacredText → Torah ⓘ

Talmud → basedOn → Torah ⓘ

Orthodox Judaism → basedOn → Torah ⓘ

Shabbat → commandedIn → Torah ⓘ

Kashrut → basedOnText → Torah ⓘ

Am Yisrael → associatedWith → Torah ⓘ

Hebrews → mentionedIn → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentateuch

Hebrews → scripturalLawCode → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mosaic Law

Septuagint → hasPart → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Pentateuch

Septuagint → hasPart → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Torah

Septuagint → includesBook → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

New American Bible → hasPart → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentateuch

Prophets → follows → Torah ⓘ

Writings → distinguishedFrom → Torah ⓘ

Neviim → follows → Torah ⓘ

Kabbalah → scripturalBasis → Torah ⓘ

mezuzah → containsTextFrom → Torah ⓘ

Book of Exodus → canonicalDivision → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentateuch

Halakha → derivedFrom → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Written Torah

Ketuvim → distinguishedFrom → Torah ⓘ

Book of Deuteronomy → partOf → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentateuch

Hellenistic Jews → followed → Torah ⓘ

Torah → alsoKnownAs → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentateuch

Torah → materialForm → Torah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torah scroll

Reconstructionist Judaism → viewOnRevelation → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torah is a human record of the Jewish people’s encounter with the divine

Jewish ethics → drawsFrom → Torah ⓘ

Tanakh → hasPart → Torah ⓘ

Passover → basedOnText → Torah ⓘ

Abraham → mentionedIn → Torah ⓘ

Karaite Jews → scripture → Torah ⓘ

Rabbinic Judaism → hasConcept → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Written Torah

Moses → mentionedIn → Torah ⓘ

Moses → attributedAuthorship → Torah ⓘ

Second Temple Judaism → usesScripture → Torah ⓘ

Leviticus 23:23–25 → partOf → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentateuch

Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) → sourceText → Torah ⓘ

subject surface form: Yom Tov

Midrash halakha → basedOn → Torah ⓘ

tefillin → scriptureSource → Torah ⓘ

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia → contains → Torah ⓘ

Sefer HaTemunah → interprets → Torah ⓘ

Zohar → associatedWithText → Torah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentateuch

Book of Leviticus → partOf → Torah ⓘ