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What Do We Mean by the Term "Torah?"

The Hebrew word, torah (תורה), is derived from a root that was used in the
realm of archery, yareh (ירה). Yareh means to shoot an arrow in order to
hit a mark. The mark or target, of course, was the object at which the
archer was aiming. Consequently, torah, one of the nouns derived from this
root, is, therefore, the arrow aimed at the mark, The target is the truth
about God and how one relates to Him. The torah is, therefore, in the
strict sense instruction designed to teach us the truth about God. Torah
means direction,teaching, instruction,or doctrine.

We should note that the usual translation of this word as law is not quite
accurate.[1] One of the most common ways that torah (תורה) is rendered in
the Septuagint (LXX)[2] is by using the word nomosv, nomo?. The Greek word
nomos, however, has a variety of uses, among which, to be sure, is law, but
it is certainly not limited to law. Following the precedent set by the LXX,
the Newer Covenant Scriptures consistently render the Hebrew torah by the
term nomos. This is where things begin to become confusing. Sometimes, in
the Newer Covenant Scriptures, it is appropriate to translate nomos as law.
However, other times it is more appropriate to render it as God's
teaching/instruction, or simply to transliterate the term as Torah. The
context of the word is always the final determiner of its meaning.

Kilde :
http://www.torahresourcesinternational.info/definition.php

Som det fremgår her er det en udbredt misforståelse kun at betragte
bibelens tale om loven som et sæt af regler der skal efterleves og
overholdes. Torahen (loven) er samlet set, forkyndelsen som vi kender den
fra skrifterne. Lov er i bibelsk forstand ikke bare regler og
instruktioner, men en samlet lære som indeholder flere forskellige aspekter
i beskrivelsen af Guds vijle. Selve hensigten med loven og endemålet for
loven er ligeså væsentlige som de regler kristne ynder at plukke ud af sin
bibelske kontekst og bruge i etableringen af en kristendom, hvis natur,
derfor aldrig kommer til at repræsentere sandheden, men kun bliver en
menneskabt efterligning.

Et eksempel :

Thi sandelig, siger jeg eder, indtil Himmelen og Jorden forgår, skal end
ikke det mindste Bogstav eller en Tøddel forgå af Loven, indtil det er sket
alt sammen. Matt.5,18

Siden Torahen (loven) blev givet til Israel af Moses i forbindelsen med
oprettelsen af Sinaipagten, er det Jesus siger her, IKKE en henvisning til
reglerne i loven, men en forsikring til Israel, om at alt det som loven
siger, ikke er ophævet med Hans komme, men går sin opfyldelse i møde. Det
sker som Gud har lovet for loven står ved magt.

Se også :

Nature, Message, and Purpose

In the Bible, the Torah is referred to both as the "Torah of the Lord" and
as the "Torah of Moses," and is said to be given as an inheritance to the
congregation of Jacob- the Jewish people. Its purpose seems to be to make
Israel "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."

The Septuagint rendered the Hebrew torah by the Greek nomos ("law"),
probably in the sense of a living network of traditions and customs of a
people. The designation of the Torah by nomos, and by its Latin successor
lex (whence, "the Law"), has historically given rise to the
misunderstanding that Torah means legalism.

Kilde :
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/The_Written_Law.html

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