What are the differences between the Torah and the first five books of the Old Testam
Is it that one was Hebrew/Yiddish/ the primary source and the Old Testament is a translation for gentiles? Or is there something more to it?
dismaler, the 39 minute video of "23 minutes in hell" is a long watch and doesn't seem to be relevant to the question at hand.
The first five books of the Old Testament ARE the Torah!
The only problem is that the Torah is still in the original language, and is read by people who not only understand the language, but understand the subtleties of four thousand (plus or minus a little) years of language change, and understand the context in which it was written (because that's what they study).
When you read it in English it has first been translated to Old Greek, then Latin, then Vulgar Latin, then, with the approval of a king who had his own agenda and made decisions based on that, into English. Very flawed, generally.
And NONE of it is written in Yiddish. Yiddish is medieval, WAY later than ancient Hebrew.
The Torah is the Law, which is comprised of the first five books of the Old Testament. It was written in Hebrew.
The remainder of what Christians call the Old Testament is divided into two sections by Jews, one of Prophets, the other all the other writings (Psalms, Proverbs, etc.). Most of this was written in Hebrew, but some portions were Aramaic.
No portion of scripture was Yiddish. That language didn't come into existence until long after scripture was completed.
What are the differences between the Torah and the first five books of the Old Testam
