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The Torah, which is the central text of Judaism, does not specifically mention dinosaurs. However, there are some Jewish scholars and rabbis who have attempted to interpret certain passages in the Torah to suggest that dinosaurs may have existed alongside humans.

For example, some Jewish scholars have pointed to the Hebrew word “tanniyn” which is sometimes translated as “dragon” in the English Bible. Some Jewish texts use “tanniyn” to refer to a large serpent or sea creature, but others interpret it as a reference to a dinosaur-like creature.

In the Talmud, a collection of Jewish writings that date back to the 3rd century CE, there is a passage that describes a creature called a “behemoth” which some have suggested may have been a reference to a dinosaur. The passage describes the behemoth as having “bones like tubes of bronze, limbs like bars of iron” and a tail “like a cedar.”

However, it is important to note that these interpretations are not widely accepted within Jewish scholarship and are not considered to be central to Jewish belief. The more common Jewish view on dinosaurs is that they are simply one of the many species of creatures that God created during the course of the world’s history.