Scriptures of Previous Dispensations
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(Comprehension) Questions[edit]
From statement #2 of the compilation (reproduced below), does this mean that the Torah as it is now is not exact but that the one "that God hath confirmed", perhaps within the "Archetypal Book" (or Mother Book, Preserved Tablet, or Guarded Tablet) of the Qur'an (verse 4 of Surah 43)? From statement #3, are the "stories" or "historical narratives" being referred to the narratives within the Torah (i.e., that the "Tablets to Moses" included in the Torah such as on the laws were written by Him (or the recording of the commands of God to Him), but that the narratives were added later) or are the stories referring to the historical books of the Bible (i.e., Joshua to Esther) which are not considered part of the Pentateuch (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)? Does statement #3 indicate why Deuteronomy closes (Chapter 34) with the account of the death of Moses?
2. "...the Torah that God hath confirmed consists of the exact words that streamed forth at the bidding of God from the tongue of Him Who conversed with Him (Moses)."
- (From a recently translated Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh)
3. "Know ye that the Torah is that which was revealed in the Tablets to Moses, may peace be upon Him, or that to which He was bidden. But the stories are historical narratives and were written after Moses, may peace be upon Him.
- (From a recently translated Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá)
