Torah could also refer to the entire Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament), but generally the term implies the first five books. For those who follow God, the Torah is at the center of life, understanding God, and knowing His laws. Photo credit: ©Getty Images/Vladimir Zapletin What Is the...
Below is a very fancymezuzah, a container affixed to doorways in Jewish homes, each containing aklaf, a piece of parchment on which there’s verse from theTorah (see above). The scroll itself is a lot more important than the container, and, if prepared in the kosher way,can cost a lo...
The celebration of Passover is prescribed in the book of Exodus in the Old Testament (in Judaism, the first five books of Moses are called the Torah).What do you do during Passover?The main event of the Passover holiday is the seder (literally, “order”), a festive meal in which ...
If the Bible is fiction- which implies the Torah and Quran are as well, how could it withstand the test of time in human history? If its survival is plausible as a work of fiction, where are the rest of the “novels” from 1200 BCE?
The entire text is about Melchizedek but the translator abstracts the text: The figure Melchizedek in 11Q13 (11QMelch) has usually been described as an angel (Martínze 1992, 176). However, some scholars argue that Melchizedek is a divine title (Van de Water 2006, 75-86). In order to ...
The reference to "Moses" here is a metonym for the Torah or the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Moses. The reading of Moses was a central part of Jewish worship and synagogue services. The Greek word for "read" (ἀναγινώσκ...
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. It seems obvious that the apostles expected: New believers would attend synagogue every Sabbath day. New believers would hear “Moses” (a reference to the Torah, or the Law of...
They will find him mentioned in their scriptures, the Torah and the gospels. He orders them to do the right thing, and to avoid the wrong. He makes the pure and the wholesome lawful for them, and he forbids them the foul and the filthy. He relieves them of the burdens and the ...
The Torah is famous for its advanced knowledge about diet, hygiene, quarantine and sanitation. It far surpasses medical knowledge possessed by the Egyptians and other ancient societies of that day (even including the Romans and Minoans).In fact, it far exceeded certain medical standards practiced ...
Question:«Is there any evidence that the Bible is more than two thousand years old?» Answer: Yes, in fact there’s plenty of evidence of that. We have had the Torah for at least 3,313 years, when Hashem gave it to us at Mount Sinai. Can we prove that the Torah is really th...