When was God’s people ever without Torah? From the beginning, when Melchizadec brought Abraham bread and wine, they had God’s Wisdom.
The Torah was memorized in the beginning, it was not written down.. Not until the Septuagint and Masoretic text was the Torah written down.. For much of Isreal's history Gods word written was not encouraged.. Even today most religious Jews hate writing Gods name down.. They omit letters(from the word) to betray this relucence.. Every synagog has shrines for the Torah.. SHRINES.. in gold and brass.. The Torah is worshipped..
Well, for completeness, I think we should note that Paul doesn’t seem to agree.