 and with him who is not here with us this day,” to state an idea paramount for Deuteronomy's theological-historical project — that the covenant was to be a timeless model to be reenacted by all future generations.Noting numerous connotations of the word “Torah” () in the Pentateuch, Professor Ephraim Speiser of the University of Pennsylvania in the mid 20th century wrote that the word is based on a verbal stem signifying “to teach, guide,” and the like.Speiser argued that in the derived noun refers to specified sanctions in a covenant, and in it refers to general instructions and provisions, and in context it cannot be mistaken for the title of the Pentateuch as a whole.