Judaism The Torah Chapter Summaries

Chapter seven talks about the sacred text of Judaism, the Torah. It goes into detail saying that the religion is a faith that is based around this book. The book contains the five books of Moses. It is interesting though because the text was written well after Moses was alive. I agree with many scholars that have studied this religion when they say that the books weren’t actually written by Moses himself, but they include all of his teachings. The books were written by his follwers but they contained all of his teaching from when he was alive. I’m am interested in the fact as to why the book was written so long after Moses was alive. The scholars believe that the Torah was written in the 14th century and Moses was alive in the 5th century. Hundreds of

Just as all folk tales, things evolve and change when they are passed down through centuries. I think that the teachings alter a little but the main concept of what Moses was preaching is similar. Chapter eight then beings by saying that the most important precept of the Jewish religion is to teach the religion to your children. I think this is a way of getting your children to carry on the traditions of the religion that have been passed down for the past hundreds of years. They want their children to connect their lives to the lives that have come before them. They also want to educate them early so that they will have a strong understanding and belief of the faith as they grow older. The chapter talks about even in Jewish families where they don’t have a strong relationship with the religion, they still feel obligated to teach their children from a young age. I feel like this is kind of how I grew up. My parents were never the kind of people that attended mass every week without missing a week but they still belonged to a parish. When I was growing up I took R.E. classes and finished all of my