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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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form Occurrences
Pentateuch 10
Written Torah 2
Greek Pentateuch 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 ⓘ

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