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.

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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

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Simchat Torah hasTheme Torah
Exodus 13:16 partOf Torah
BHS hasPart Torah
Patriarchs of Israel scripturalSection Torah
this entity surface form: Pentateuch
YHWH associatedWith Torah
Names of God in Judaism appearsIn Torah
subject surface form: Tetragrammaton
Book of Splendor scripturalBasis Torah
this entity surface form: Pentateuch
Splendor interprets Torah
Leviticus 16 partOf Torah
Leviticus 19 partOf Torah
Leviticus 19 partOf Torah
this entity surface form: Pentateuch
Aseret ha-Dibrot partOf Torah
Exodus 20:1–17 partOf Torah
אָדָם appearsInText Torah
Sefer Zeraim basedOnText Torah
Leviticus 23 partOf Torah
Vizhnitz religiousText Torah
Kedushat Levi mainSubject Torah
On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) interpretsText Torah
subject surface form: On the Special Laws
On the Special Laws (De specialibus legibus) interpretsText Torah
subject surface form: On the Special Laws
this entity surface form: Pentateuch
ta'amei ha-mikra appliesTo Torah
subject surface form: Ta'amei ha-mikra
Prophet Noah mentionedIn Torah
subject surface form: Noah
people of Noah mentionedIn Torah
subject surface form: People of Noah
Yaqub mentionedIn Torah
Prophet Lut mentionedIn Torah
subject surface form: Lut
Genesis 21 partOf Torah
Eleazar appearsInText Torah
people of Lot describedIn Torah
Exodus 23 partOf Torah
Yom Tov legalSource Torah