The Tora in Judaism Is a Living Tradition, Not a Fixed Set of Books

The tora is central to our understanding of ourselves as jews. And that means the tora and all the interpretation that goes along with it, mishna, talmud, tosefta, everything else. So that tora in judaism is more of a living, growing tradition than a fixed set of books. I think maybe we can blame martin luther, who said, sola scriptura. While christians clearly do interpret the biblical text, sometimes they almost don't want to admit it, right? They just read it. But let's talk about these commentaries that are found in the dead sea scrolls. We call them pesharim, from