Is the Torah the same as the Old Testament?

The so-called Old Testament is known to us as Written Torah or the Tanakh. read more

The so-called"Old Testament" is a Christian reference to the Jewish sacred scriptures, referred to by Jews by its acronym as TaNaKh. In the Jewish tradition, this consists of three groups of books: 1) the"Ta" stands for Torah, the first five"Books of Moses" - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. read more

In Orthodox Judaism, the Torah also can refer to the entirety of the law, both in written form (Scripture and other sacred writings) and in oral Tradition. When we as Catholics refer to the Old Testament, we are referring to all forty-six books of the Bible written before Christ, including the first five that the Jews call the Torah. read more

The term Old Testament is a Christian term. The term Torah is a Jewish term. If you are asking if the Old Testament of the Christians is the same as the Torah of the Jews, yes, it would be the same. read more