Core tenet of Orthodox Judaism
The Torah is binding as given.
Written and oral law hold; halakha does not renegotiate with the age.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
Orthodoxy's defining commitment is Torah min haShamayim — that the written and oral Torah are divine in origin and therefore not subject to revision by human judgment. Halakha develops through interpretation by qualified authorities, but the corpus itself is not negotiable. The label is modern and reactive: there was no "Orthodox" Judaism before there were movements to be orthodox against, and the term covers a wide range from Modern Orthodoxy to Haredi communities that disagree sharply with each other.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
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Maimonides — the Rambam.
Judaism · figure
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Nahj al-Balagha.
Islam · scripture
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Command, example, necessary inference.
The Restoration Movement (Churches of Christ) · scripture
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The instrument is a matter of expedience; the pattern is not.
The Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
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The Sabbath, from Friday sunset.
The Branch Davidians · rite
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A Bible printed by a state, and a land law written like scripture.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom · scripture
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