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Sep 19th, 2003, 05:19 PM
a) the torah, and the bible are the same thing. the collected volumes of the five books of moses.
b) you don't have to be an orthodox jew to read the torah
c) torah's are duplicated the same way fine art work in a museum is duplicated. by hand, slowly. they take a looong time to make. a mistake means starting over and discarding the work. you have to be a scholarly rabbi to copy a torah. they cost $15,000-$20,000 for a new one. many of the torahs in use are actually centuries old. there is no difference between the text of an ancient torah or a modern torah.
d) I haven't said anything about my belief systems, but thanks for the warning. maybe you should stop talking about "beliefs systems" yourself since you're doing such a botched job of it.
e) the additions to the torah are called the talmud, and the midrash, and they contain the various addendums, and oral add ons you mentioned. the actual torah hasn't changed over time.
e) I'm going to assume there's a language barrier here (speaking of translations) because you sound really mixed up.
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