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Single Idea 7344
[filed under theme 29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism
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Full Idea
The practices of Judaism developed during their Exile: circumcision, the Sabbath, the Passover (founding of the nation), Pentecost (giving of the laws), the Tabernacles, the New Year, and the Day of Atonement.
Gist of Idea
Judaism involves circumcision, Sabbath, Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles, New Year, and Atonement
Source
Paul Johnson (The History of the Jews [1987], Pt II)
Book Ref
Johnson,Paul: 'A History of the Jews' [Phoenix 1993], p.83
A Reaction
These were the elements of ritual created to replace the existence of a physically located state. An astonishing achievement, not even remotely achieved by any other state that was driven off its lands. A culture is an idea, not a country.
The
16 ideas
from 'The History of the Jews'
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7337
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In Mosaic legal theory, crimes are sins and sins are crimes
[Johnson,P]
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7339
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Because human life is what is sacred, Mosaic law has no death penalty for property violations
[Johnson,P]
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7340
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Mosaic law was the first to embody the rule of law, and equality before the law
[Johnson,P]
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7338
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Man's life is sacred, because it is made in God's image
[Johnson,P]
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7336
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A key moment is the idea of a single moral God, who imposes his morality on humanity
[Johnson,P]
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7341
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Sampson illustrates the idea that religious heroes often begin as outlaws and semi-criminals
[Johnson,P]
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7342
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Isaiah moved Israelite religion away from the local, onto a more universal plane
[Johnson,P]
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7348
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The Jews sharply distinguish human and divine, but the Greeks pull them closer together
[Johnson,P]
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7353
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The Pharisees undermined slavery, by giving slaves responsibility and status in law courts
[Johnson,P]
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7345
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In exile the Jews became a nomocracy
[Johnson,P]
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7344
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Judaism involves circumcision, Sabbath, Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles, New Year, and Atonement
[Johnson,P]
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7347
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Zoroastrians believed in one eternal beneficent being, Creator through the holy spirit
[Johnson,P]
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7349
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Immortality based on judgement of merit was developed by the Egyptians (not the Jews)
[Johnson,P]
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7354
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The main doctrine of the Pharisees was belief in resurrection and the afterlife
[Johnson,P]
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7356
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Pious Jews saw heaven as a vast library
[Johnson,P]
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7355
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The Torah pre-existed creation, and was its blueprint
[Johnson,P]
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