Are all Torah's written in Hebrew? Where can I buy a Torah? (Tanakh)?

I am a Protestant Christian. I go to a Catholic High School. I have Jewish relatives and am very curious about Judaism and I know the Torah is identical to the Old Testimant of the Bible and it would be cool just to have one but every Torah I have seen is written in Hebrew. Can I get a Torah (Tanakh) in English? Can I get a copy of the Torah at a bookstore? Do I have to go to a Synagogue?



Also is the proper term for a Hebrew Bible Torah or Tanakh?



Thanks for any help!Are all Torah's written in Hebrew? Where can I buy a Torah? (Tanakh)?
the torah is not identical to the old testament. the old testament is a translation of a translation of a translation of the torah with some mistranslations on the way, some due to human error and some put there intentionally for political and religious reasons.

you can get translations of the tanakh in various places, such as amazon.com etc. if you want to read the closest thing to the original you'll have to do it in hebrew.

the torah are the first 5 books of the tanach (it's the T in tanach). you call them pentateuch. Are all Torah's written in Hebrew? Where can I buy a Torah? (Tanakh)?
I have the Torah.Mine is in English. Go here: http://www.amazon.comAre all Torah's written in Hebrew? Where can I buy a Torah? (Tanakh)?
I'm not sure about the proper term for the Torah, but I do know that it also comes in Greek.



In fact, that's why there's a difference between the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible. The Catholics took their Old Testament from the Greek version, and the Protestants took theirs from the Hebrew version. Though, to be truthful, back at that time, the Jews used both versions interchangeably.



Good luck with your explorations of Judaism. Another site you might be interested in is http://www.jewfaq.com , which is maintained by a Hebrew scholar and is divided into three sections -easy, medium, and hard.
OK- lets explain the terminology first:

Torah= Five Boks of Moses

Nevi'im= Prophets

Ketuvin= Writings



The three combined together are known by the acronym- Tanakh.



Is the Tanakh identical to the "Old testament". Nope. It is in Hebrew and the chapter breaks, verse numberings and sometimes even book splits differ from what you find in the OT- changing emphasis and meaning. On top of that, the language used carries mulitiple meanings and translators very often make errors by utilising the wrong meaning due to not being familiar with the layered meanings or the legal meaning of a word vs a popular usage vs the mystical meaning etc.



Can you get it in translation? Yep- probably the best English translation (with a summary of a few Rabbinical commentaries), is the Tanach produced by Artscroll/Metsorah publications. It can be ordered directly from their website http://www.artscroll.com or from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, a local Judaica or bookstore etc.

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