English-Danish translations for torah

• Tora
  Det er også lidt som den rulle, som Toraen er skrevet på. It is also a little like the scroll on which the text of the Torah is written.
  Det er først og fremmest nødvendigt at henvende sig til de religiøse integrister, hvis fortolkning af henholdsvis koranen og toraen i det mindste er tvivlsom. First and foremost amongst these are the religious fundamentalists, whose interpretations of the Koran and the Torah are, to say the least, questionable.

Definition of torah

• The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses
• The full body of written Jewish law, including the Tanakh, the Talmud, the Mishnah and the midrashic texts
• The whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten
• A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services
• A book containing the five books of Moses

Examples

• Tradition holds that the Torah was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.
• It says in the Torah that both gossip and murder cause irreparable damage.
• An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah.
• There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.

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