Who Wrote the Torah? - A history of the canonization of the Bible

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Who Wrote the Torah?: A history of the canonization of the Bible

In contrast to newfangled, secular accounts of how the Torah came to be, Jewish tradition has its own thorough account of how the Torah was recorded and transmitted.

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By Eli Brackman

Rabbi Eli Brackman and his wife Freidy (nee Loewenthal) are directors of the Oxford Chabad Society. He gained his Rabbinical Diploma (Semicha) at the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva, and is close to completing a postgraduate diploma which will qualify him to act as Dayan. He is also adept at Scribal art.

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H. Safran Great Neck , NY June 21, 2011

Who wrote the Torah Perhaps the explanation lies in the distinct possibility that the former Jewish Slaves were not literate. The spoken language was probably aramiaic so that it is unlikely that they could read Hebrew if they could read at all. I also think the fact that scribes write the Torah letter by letter rather than word by word means that someone who does not read Hebrew could make a copy of the Torah without knowing what it means. Reply