English translation of
Holy Torah
by
Jewish Publication Society
, taken from http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/jps/
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Introduction:
Torah, is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or especially Law. It primarily refers to the first section of the Tanakh, i.e. the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
These books are Genesis (Bereishit), Exodus (Shemot), Leviticus (Vayikra), Numbers (Bemidbar) and Deuteronomy (Devarim) . Collectively they are also known as the Pentateuch (Greek for "five containers", where containers presumably refers to the scroll cases in which books were being kept) or Hamisha Humshei Torah (Hebrew for "the five parts of the Torah", or just Humash "fifth" for short).
Intro taken from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah
Contents
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
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