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Torah - tôrˈə [Heb.,=teachings or learning], Hebrew name for the five books of Moses—the Law of Moses or the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. The Torah is believed by Orthodox Jews to have been handed down to Moses on Mt. Sinai and transmitted by him to the Jews. It laid down the fundamental laws of moral and physical conduct. The


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    The Torah Revealed: Talmudic Masters Unveil the Secrets of the Bible » Read Now

    by Avraham Yaakov Finkel. 384 pgs.

    An Essential Resource for Understanding the True Meaning of the Torah 'From time immemorial our experts have striven to show how the Written Torah and the Oral Torah are two sides of the same coin. Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Finkel has utilized his manifold talents of research, elucidation, and...
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    The Life of Torah: Readings in the Jewish Religious Experience » Read Now

    by Jacob Neusner. 237 pgs.

    ...The Life of Torah THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF MAN Frederick...Religion Richard H. Robinson The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism , 2nd edition...Interpretations Stephan...
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    The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism » Read Now

    by Jacob Neusner. 126 pgs.

    ...The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism Second Edition The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism Second Edition...Rites of Passage 41 13. Study of Torah 43 14. The...
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    The Sukkot and Simhat Torah Anthology » Read Now

    by Philip Goodman. 475 pgs.

    ...The Sukkot/ Simhat Torah Anthology THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY...PHILIP GOODMAN The Sukkot/ Simhat Torah Anthology The Jewish Publication...David de Sola Pool, 1960;...
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    History and Torah: Essays on Jewish Learning » Read Now

    by Jacob Neusner. 127 pgs.

    ...HISTORY AND TORAH -2- HISTORY AND TORAH ESSAYS ON JEWISH LEARNING JACOB NEUSNER Assistant Professor...authority of revealed law; belief in the centrality of study of the...
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    The Shema: Spirituality and Law in Judaism as Exemplified in the Shema, the Most Important Passage in the Torah » Read Now

    by Norman Lamm. 224 pgs.

    Using the Shema as his focus, Lamm explores the relationship between spirituality and law in Judaism.
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    Reimagining the Bible: The Storytelling of the Rabbis » Read Now

    by Howard Schwartz. 290 pgs.

    Reimagining the Bible collects a dozen essays by Howard Schwartz. Together the essays present a coherent theory of the way in which each successive phase of Jewish literature has drawn upon and reimagined the previous ones. The book is organized into four sections: The Ancient Models; The Folk...
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    Studies in the Bible and Jewish Thought » Read Now

    by Moshe Greenberg. 462 pgs.

    A collection of essays and studies on the Bible by one of the foremost Bible experts.
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    Fixing God's Torah: The Accuracy of the Hebrew Bible Text in Jewish Law » Read Now

    by B. Barry Levy. 237 pgs.

    The Hebrew text of the Torah has never been finalized down to the last letter. This is important not least because Jewish law requires that Torah scrolls read publicly in the synagogue be error-free. Jewish scribes, scholars, and legal authorities have sought to overcome or narrow these differences...
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    From the Maccabees to the Mishnah » Read Now

    by Shaye J. D. Cohen. 254 pgs.

    ...Biblical Canon 182 The Torah 182 The Prophets 185...Did you set aside time for the study of Torah? Did you raise a family?" My father lived...and read "the book of the...
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    The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism : Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies » Read Now

    by Jon D. Levenson. 192 pgs.

    Writing from a Jewish perspective, Levenson reviews many often neglected theoretical questions. He focuses on the relationship between two interpretive communities--the community of scholars who are committed to the historical critical method of Biblical interpretation and the community responsible...
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    Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women's Stories in the Hebrew Bible » Read Now

    by Alice Ogden Bellis. 286 pgs.

    This book focuses on biblical stories about women, collected in one volume, paraphrases and interprets them from multiple and diverse scholars and in addition highlights the benefits and problems of the stories for contempory women.
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    When Brothers Dwell Together: The Preeminence of Younger Siblings in the Hebrew Bible » Read Now

    by Frederick E. Greenspahn. 198 pgs.

    Although primogeniture is commonly assumed to have prevailed throughout the world and firstborns are regarded as most likely to achieve success, many of the most prominent figures in biblical literature are younger offspring, including Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon...
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    The Torah: The Five Books of Moses » Read Now

    by Jewish Publication Society. 620 pgs.

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