WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hebrew Bible contains the Torah, or Five Books of Moses, the Nevi’im comprising the books of the Prophets, and the Ketuvium, or additional writings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jews believe that God dictated the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai 50 days after their exodus from Egyptian slavery. They believe that the Torah shows how God wants Jews to live. It contains 613 commandments and Jews refer to the ten best known of these as the ten 10 statements.

Detailed explanation-3: -On the basis of a variety of arguments, modern scholars generally see the completed Torah as a product of the time of the Persian Achaemenid Empire (probably 450–350 BCE), although some would place its composition in the Hellenistic period (333–164 BCE).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Talmud is a commentary made by important Rabbis on the Torah and Tanakh. It gives guidance on the laws and teachings of the Hebrew Bible.