Torah is "Law"?

Not even Jews consider the Pentateuch to be merely a system of pejorative laws like Westerners do in the sense of a Roman or English Common Law system. It is certainly one aspect of it but to consider the text in only this light would be to take a very narrow view.

They call it Halakah which derives its meaning from the same root as verb "to walk." Thus a more balanced perspective is to see the Pentateuch as God teaching humankind how it should "walk."

This should have particular meaning for Christians since an early name for the sect was "The Way."