What does Torah translate to in English?

Answer 1

Look in the bookstore in the Judaism section for a book labled "Tanakh". It is the Old Testament. Since you probably already have a Bible, read the Old Testament. Torah itself is the first five books in The Bible, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Answer 2

There are English translations of the Torah, but they are in usually in book form.

The original Torah scroll is in Hebrew.

another answer

"The Torah" in English translates to "the teaching" or "the Law".

An English translation of the complete Torah will usually be titled "The Torah", or "The Pentateuch", or "The Five Books of Moses."

Answer 3

Answer # 1 The torah is the first 5 books, written by Moses, which constitute what you call the bible today. The Torah was translated into common english upon the order of King James. its referred to as the 1611 version.

Prior to the translation of the 1611 version, the texts used by the church were mostly written and spoken in Latin. Many of the Christian church systems used Latin up until the late 1960s. The King James is translated from other languages.

Many of the other English texts of today are interpretative english word versions, not translations from the original text like the King James version.

Answer # 1 ends.

Answer 4

Yes, there are many.

Typically, the Orthodox Jews recommend the Art-Scroll Translation and commentary. The Conservative Jews recommend the Jewish Publication Society Translation and commentaries as found in the Etz Hayim Khumash. There is no version that has similar universality among Reform Jews or Hilonim.

Answer 5

The Hebrew word "torah" (תורה) means instruction, but the actual Torah itself doesn't have an English name, other than "The five books of Moses" or "the Pentateuch" (which is actually a Greek name).

Jewish people who speak English use the word Torah when it's in scroll form and Humash (from the Hebrew word for five) when it's in book form. They do not translate these words into English.

Answer 6

There is no English word used in place of the word Torah. In fact, regardless of what language Jews speak, the Torah is always called 'Torah'.

Answer 7

Yes, in Jewish bookstores.

Answer 8

Instruction