[DOC] [TLE] Torah - Wikipedia [PAR] The Torah or the Pentateuch is the central reference of the religious Judaic 
tradition. It has a ... The majority of Biblical scholars believe that the written books 
were a .... It ends with the death of Moses, just before the people of Israel cross to 
the ..... Manuscript Torah scrolls are still used, and still scribed, for ritual purposes
... [DOC] [TLE] History of scrolls - Wikipedia [PAR] A scroll is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. The history of 
scrolls dates back to ancient Egypt. In most ancient literate cultures scrolls were 
the earliest format for longer documents written in ink or paint on a flexible 
background, preceding bound books; rigid media such as clay tablets were also 
used but ... Parchment scrolls were used by several early civilizations before the 
codex... [DOC] [TLE] Old Testament - Wikipedia [PAR] The Old Testament is the first section of the Christian Bible, based primarily upon 
the Hebrew ... The table uses the spellings and names present in modern 
editions of the ... Catholics, following the Canon of Trent (1546), describe these 
books as ..... For Aramaic Christians there was a Syriac translation of the Hebrew 
Bible... [DOC] [TLE] The Pentateuch -- the first five books of the Bible - Religious tolerance [PAR] Feb 8, 2014 ... These books were originally written as a single unbroken scroll. Sometime before 
the 2nd Century BCE, it was divided into the 5 books that we see today. ... only 
parts of the Torah, and that other writers added sections of their own and/or ... J: a 
writer who used JHWH as the "unpronounceable name of God. [DOC] [TLE] Judaism 101: Torah [PAR] Learn about the concept of Torah, the books of Jewish scriptures and other 
sacred ... But the word "torah" can also be used to refer to the entire Jewish bible 
(the .... In their own time, these works were very controversial, because they did 
not... [DOC] [TLE] NOVA - Official Website | Origins of the Written Bible - PBS [PAR] Nov 18, 2008 ... But the Bible was written before there were books. ... But eventually writing would 
break free from these restricted uses. ... Most tellingly, the Hebrew word torah, 
which originally meant "teaching, instruction," increasingly began to refer to a ... 
Still, a fierce ideology of orality would persist in rabbinic Judaism. [DOC] [TLE] NOVA - Official Website | Writers of the Bible - PBS [PAR] Nov 18, 2008 ... There were many other texts that the ancient Israelites and early ... The biblical 
writers used this legal metaphor to describe the ... The first five books of the Bible, 
which Jews know as the Torah, are also called The Five Books of Moses. ... Even 
before the Bible became the Bible, even before these texts... [DOC] [TLE] Books | Jewish Virtual Library [PAR] 12:12, "of making many books there is no end") and also in the Talmud, but it may 
be ... If a man received a Torah scroll in deposit, he had to roll it open for airing 
once ... This shows that the handles were already in use in the last centuries 
B.C.E. .... These discoveries, the oldest Hebrew (or Aramaic) manuscripts in 
existence... [DOC] [TLE] Torah - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Dec 17, 2015 ... Torah scrolls, called a Sefer Torah ("Book [of] Torah"), are still used for Jewish .... 
For observant Jews, the Torah signifies pre-eminently these laws, which ... or 
repeated words, were put there by God to teach scores of lessons. [DOC] [TLE] What did Moses Write? - Bible Hub [PAR] But over this Latin title in the Hebrew Bible is the Hebrew word "Torah." This was 
the name by which these books were chiefly known among the Jews; .... The 
Hebrew collection was not at this time definitely closed; there was still a ... The 
question before us is, Why do we believe that Moses wrote the five books which 
bear... [DOC] [TLE] What Are the Earliest Versions and Translations of the Bible? [PAR]

Question: Before books, there were these, still used as torahs
Answer: scrolls