Pentateuch vs. Torah — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pentateuch and Torah
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Pentateuch
The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures; the Torah.
Torah
Torah (; Hebrew: תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") has a range of meanings. It can most specifically mean the first five books (Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses) of the Hebrew Bible, namely (in their commonly used names) Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Pentateuch
The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; - called also the Law of Moses, Book of the Law of Moses, etc.
Torah
The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures. See Table at Bible.
Pentateuch
The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
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Torah
A scroll of parchment containing the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, used in a synagogue during services.
Torah
The entire body of religious law and learning including both sacred literature and oral tradition.
Torah
A law; a precept.
A considerable body of priestly Toroth.
Torah
Divine instruction; revelation.
Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets.
Torah
The Pentateuch or "Law of Moses."
The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, "Law," or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets (Nevi'im in Hebrew) . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the "Writings," generally termed Hagiographa. From the first letters of these three parts, the word "Tanakh" is derived, and used by Jews as the name of their Bible, the Christian Old Testament.
Torah
The whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition
Torah
The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
Torah
(Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services
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