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  2. Torah in Islam - Wikipedia

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    When referring to traditions from the Tawrat, Muslims have not only identified it with the Pentateuch (the five books of Moses), but also with the other books of the Hebrew Bible as well as with Talmudic and Midrashic writings. [1] Indeed, We sent down the Torah, in which was guidance and light.

  3. Torah - Wikipedia

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    The Torah (/ ˈ t ɔːr ə / or / ˈ t oʊ r ə /; [1] Biblical Hebrew: תּוֹרָה Tōrā, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. [2] The Torah is also known as the Pentateuch (/ ˈ p ɛ n t ə tj uː k /) or ...

  4. Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    These differences have given rise to the theory that yet another text, an Urtext of the Hebrew Bible, once existed and is the source of the versions extant today. [6] However, such an Urtext has never been found, and which of the three commonly known versions (Septuagint, Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch) is closest to the Urtext is debated ...

  5. Composition of the Torah - Wikipedia

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    Three major publications of the 1970s caused scholars to seriously question the assumptions of the documentary hypothesis: Abraham in History and Tradition by John Van Seters, Der sogenannte Jahwist ("The So-Called Yahwist") by Hans Heinrich Schmid, and Das überlieferungsgeschichtliche Problem des Pentateuch ("The Tradition-Historical Problem ...

  6. Islamic holy books - Wikipedia

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    Islamic holy books are certain religious scriptures that are viewed by Muslims as having valid divine significance, in that they were authored by God through a variety of prophets and messengers, including those who predate the Quran.

  7. Mosaic authorship - Wikipedia

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    Mosaic authorship is the Judeo-Christian tradition that the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, were dictated by God to Moses. [1] The tradition probably began with the legalistic code of the Book of Deuteronomy and was then gradually extended until Moses, as the central character, came to be regarded not just as the mediator of law but as author of both laws and ...

  8. Dorotheus of Sidon - Wikipedia

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    Dorotheus of Sidon (Ancient Greek: Δωρόθεος Σιδώνιος, c. 75 CE - ??CE) was a 1st-century Greek astrologer and astrological poet, [1] who, during the Hellenistic Period, wrote a didactic poem on horoscopic astrology in Greek, known as the Pentateuch (Πεντάτευχος; lit. five books; more commonly known in the Western world as Carmen Astrologicum [2]).

  9. Heptateuch - Wikipedia

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    The Heptateuch (seven containers) is a name sometimes given to the first seven books of the Hebrew Bible.The seven books are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and Judges.