Q's on Torah and Bible - follow-up?

Question

Thanks for the answers to my last Q, they've been a big help and got me thinking more about the topic. So here's another Q (or two).
1. What books are followed by the Jewish traditions? Are they considered to be from G-d (respectively) or something else, say for example a collection of teachings of religious leaders? I ask because it is my understanding that the Torah is considered divine while the Talmud is not (if I'm wrong, plz correct me) much like the Quran is from God and Hadith are from man.
2. Which of these Books' translations are included in the Old Testament of the Bible?

Answer 1

1. Jewish traditions regard the Tanakh as the world of God. The Tanakh is made of the Torah, the Nevi'im and the Ketuvim. How these books are interpreted is discussed in the Talmud (Kinda like a what Muslims would call a Tafsir). The Talmud generally has different viewpoints, and the more popular, or dominant one, would then become part of the Halakah, Jewish Law (Kinda like a what Muslims would call Sharia).
2. The Tanakh is the Hebrew bible, and is the Old testament.

Answer 2

Regarding question 1: Yes, the example is correct, except one thing. The whole Bible is consider inspired by G_d not just the Torah. The Torah is the first five books of the Bible. And the Torah is where many of the Jewish traditions come from.

Regarding question 2: The Torah is the first five books of the Old Testament, namely: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. This is followed by; Joshua, Judges, Ruth, First Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, Second Kings, First Chronicles, Second Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkak, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

Then Christians add a New Testament which includes 4 gospels and other letters... 27 other books total.

Answer 3

Your right in many ways that the Jewish Talmud is considered much like the Muslim Hadiths.

They are both books of law that teach their members how to live their lives and govern their societies.

Their is a slight difference though.

The Jewish belief is that G-d gave to the Nation of Israel two Torahs. One is the First five books of moses that we know of today. The second was an oral Torah that acted as a commentary and explanation to the written books of moses. Over the centuries this oral tradition passed down from Moses developed in to what is called the Talmud today.

2. The Torah is what is considered part of the Christian OT. The OT for Jews is called the Tanach.

Answer 4

Wow; you're gonna' get mixed answers on this one!
It all depends on who is answering, because a Jew considers the Talmud to be inspired, while a Gentile does not.
The Rabbis who are often quoted (Rambam, etc) lived their lives with tremendous integrity, humility, faith, wisdom, etc. Their writings are often used by different sects as a Christian would use Scripture.
Does this make sense?
Rabbinic authority (Talmud) versus Scriptural (Tanakh) authority.
A "for instance" is...Exodus 23:19 (Tanakh/Scripture) says not to boil a kid (meat) in it's mothers' milk (dairy).
However, Rabbinic authorities teach that eating a cheeseburger (mixing meat & dairy) is forbidden.
This is where the Rabbinic dietary laws conflict with Scriptural dietary laws. I follow Scriptural teachings.
To answer your final question...as Gratvol said, theTalmud is considered the Oral Law which was memorized & passed down from generation to generation until some wise person thought to write it down!
The Torah is considered the Written Law, while Talmud is Oral Law.
None of the Talmud is in the Tanakh, or Christian Old Testament. Only the Written Law (Torah) is.

Answer 5

The Talmud is basically what happens when you have oral laws passed down over centuries, with any modern (for the time of publishing) situations added in, often with opinions of several different people when determining the ruling for a modern case, as in any discussion of law, you can have differing opinions on the same law.. The books are given a higher regard than current leaders, because in Judaism, each generation is one generation farther from the giving of the laws, therefore automatically considered less understanding of these things.

Answer 6

The Torah is the bible whilst the Talmud is Jewish law, and are the rulings of senior rabbis,
The 'Old Testament' in the Christian bible is the Torah.

Answer 7

If we Muslims don't believe in Torah or Bible apart from Quran, we are not called as Muslims.... To be a Muslim we have to follow all these Holy Books and moreover we all human beings are the sons and daughters of ADAM and EVE and our religion is HUMANITY above all....

Answer 8

The Old Testament/Torah is the word of God. The Talmud is the word of Rabbi's. They are two seperate books.

Answer 9

The Old Testament is crucial to the quran, especially as islam (correct me if I'm wrong) developed later than Christianity. It is not the same context in any case, but to me it shares some links.

Answer 10

The old testament is used by Jewish people and most of them don't belive in the new testament. And not sure wat the second question even means...