Torah
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The Torah is the central and most sacred text of Judaism, comprising the foundational five books that outline Jewish law, teachings, and early history.
Observed surface forms (12)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pentateuch | 10 |
| Written Torah | 2 |
| 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 |
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 (102)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Leviticus
this entity surface form:
Torah scroll
this entity surface form:
Pentateuch
this entity surface form:
the Torah
this entity surface form:
Pentateuch
this entity surface form:
Pentateuch
this entity surface form:
Pentateuch
subject surface form:
Kes
this entity surface form:
written Torah
this entity surface form:
Mosaic Law
this entity surface form:
Torah shebikhtav (Written Torah)
this entity surface form:
Pentateuch
subject surface form:
Yom Tov