Chumash (Judaism)
The Hebrew term Chumash (also Ḥumash, Hebrew: חומש) is a term for Torah in printed form, unlike the Torah scroll.
The word comes from the Hebrew word for five, <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">ḥamesh (חמש). A more formal term is Ḥamishah Ḥumshei Torah, meaning "five fifths of Torah". It is a Hebrew name for the Five Books of Moses, also known by the Latinised Greek term Pentateuch in common printed editions. The five books are: Beraishis (Genesis), Shemot (Exodus), Vayikra (Leviticus), Bamidbar (Numbers), and Devarim (Deuteronomy).
Chumash (Judaism) Media
Chumash from Basel, 1943, in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland’s collection.
Other websites
- Chumash on Judaism 101
- Chumash (5 Books Of Moses) Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine on Judaism.com
- Torah Summary & Analysis
