Torah

<p>via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah#Christianity">wikipedia</a>:

"<b>In other religions</b></p>

<h3 >Christianity</h3>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" >See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_law_in_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical law in Christianity">Biblical law in Christianity</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_the_Old_Testament_canon" title="Development of the Old Testament canon">Development of the Old Testament canon</a></div>

<p ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> himself emphasized the Law of Moses,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah#cite_note-50">[50]</a></sup> saying that whoever believed in Moses' writings would also believe Jesus' words:<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah#cite_note-51">[51]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah#cite_note-52">[52]</a></sup></p>

<blockquote class="templatequote" >Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings (Torah), how shall ye believe my words?

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<p >Among <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity" title="Early centers of Christianity">early centers of Christianity</a> the Septuagint was used by Greek speakers, while <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Aramaic of Jesus">Aramaic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targum" title="Targum">Targums</a> were used by Aramaic speakers such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syriac Orthodox Church</a>. It<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" >[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a></i>]</sup> was regarded as the standard form of the "Old Testament" in the early Greek Christian Church and is still considered canonical in the Eastern Orthodox Church.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah#cite_note-53">[53]</a></sup> Though different <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a> have slightly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_the_Old_Testament_canon" title="Development of the Old Testament canon">different versions</a> of the "Old Testament" in their Bibles, the Torah as the "Five Books of Moses" (or "the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosaic Law">Mosaic Law</a>") is common among them all.</p>

<h3 >Islam</h3>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" >See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah_in_Islam" title="Torah in Islam">Torah in Islam</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%E2%80%93Jewish_relations" title="Islamic–Jewish relations">Islamic–Jewish relations</a></div>

<p >While <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> includes the five books of Moses (the <i>Pentateuch</i>) among their sacred texts in its "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> states that only the original Torah was sent by God. In neither religion does the Torah retain the religious legal significance that it does in Orthodox Judaism.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a> refers heavily to Moses to outline the truth of his existence and the religious guidelines that God had revealed to the Children of Israel. According to the Quran, Allah says, "It is He Who has sent down the Book (the Quran) to you with truth, confirming what came before it. And He sent down the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)." [3:3]

Muslims call the Torah the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Tawrat">Tawrat</a></i> and consider it the word of God given to Moses. However, Muslims also believe that this original revelation was corrupted (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahrif" title="Tahrif">tahrif</a></i>) (or simply altered by the passage of time and human fallibility) over time by Jewish scribes<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah#cite_note-54">[54]</a></sup> and hence do not revere the present "Jewish version" Torah as much (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2002.02.0006%3Asura%3D7%3Averse%3D144">7:144–144</a>). The Torah in the Quran is always mentioned with respect in Islam. The Muslims' belief in the Torah, as well as the prophethood of Moses, is one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_articles_of_belief" class="mw-redirect" title="Six articles of belief">fundamental tenets</a> of Islam.</p>

<h3 >Bahá'í Faith</h3>

<p >The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith" title="Bahá'í Faith">Bahá'í</a> position on the Torah was composed in 1906 by its official interpreter on all matters religious, Sir 'Abdu'l-Bahá' Abbas K.B.E.</p>

<blockquote >"The Torah, held to be the most ancient of histories, existeth today in three separate versions: the Hebrew, considered authentic by the Jews and the Protestant clergy; the Greek Septuagint, which was used as authoritative in the Greek and other eastern churches; and the Samaritan Torah, the standard authority for that people. These three versions differ greatly, one from another, even with regard to the lifetimes of the most celebrated figures. In the Hebrew Torah, it is recorded that from Noah's flood until the birth of Abraham there was an interval of two hundred and ninety-two years. In the Greek, that time span is given as one thousand and seventy-two years, while the Samaritan, the recorded span is nine hundred and forty-two years. Refer to the commentary by Henry Westcott for tables are supplied therein which show the discrepancies among the three Torahs as to the birth dates of a number of the descendants of Shem, and thou wilt see how greatly the versions differ from one another. Moreover, according to the text of the Hebrew Torah, from the creation of Adam until Noah's flood the elapsed time is recorded as one thousand six hundred and fifty-six years, while in the Greek Torah the interval is given as two thousand two hundred and sixty-two years, and in the Samaritan text, the same period is said to have lasted one thousand three hundred and seven years. Reflect now over the discrepancies among these three Torahs. The case is indeed surprising. The Jews and Protestants belittle the Greek Torah, while to the Greeks, the Hebrew version is spurious, and the Samaritans deny both the Hebrew and the Greek versions."</blockquote>

<p >'Abdu'l Bahá's elucidations above in 1906 are found in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_tablet_wisdom_questions">his letter</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Jenner_Rosenberg" title="Ethel Jenner Rosenberg">Ethel Jenner Rosenberg</a> (1858–1930, without issue and no relation to the famous spies, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg)."</p>

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