The Law of Moses also known as Pentateuch or Torah, refers to the first five books of the Old Testament. Pentateuch derived from the Greek words meaning five (pente) scrolls (teuchos) and Torah is a Hebraic word meaning instruction or teaching.
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Muslims refer to the Torah as Tawrat (توراة, "Law"), an Arabic word for the revelations given to the Islamic prophet Musa (موسى, Moses in Arabic).
The Hebraic word for Moses is Mosheh means savior and possibly drawn out of the water.
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