Whose Sacred Text Is the Torah?

The most prominent meaning for Jews is that the Torah constitutes the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (also called the Pentateuch, 'five books' in Greek), traditionally thought to have been composed by Moses. These sacred texts are written on a scroll and kept in a synagogue.

Is the Torah the only sacred text of Judaism?

For many Jewish people, sacred texts are the most important sources of authority - the Written Torah (Bible) and the Oral Torah (rabbinic tradition ). The most important texts today are the Tenakh and the Talmud .

Who first wrote the Torah?

Composition. The Talmud holds that the Torah was written by Moses, with the exception of the last eight verses of Deuteronomy, describing his death and burial, being written by Joshua. Alternatively, Rashi quotes from the Talmud that, "God spoke them, and Moses wrote them with tears".