How To Respond: Judaism
Overview
How To Respond: Judaism outlines what Judaism is, what it teaches, and how it compares to Christianity. It explains the three branches of Judaism and how we can counter anti-Semitism. As readers discover the centrality of Christ in the Old and New Testaments, they are prepared to witness to Jews with genuine love and eagerness.
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“Judaism is monotheistic and oriented mostly to life in this world, with little attention given to life hereafter.” (source)
“To understand Judaism today one must clearly distinguish between the faith of the Old Testament, called biblical Judaism, and modern Judaism, which is known as rabbinic or talmudic Judaism. It is rabbinic because its source is the teachings of the rabbis or talmudic because its source is the Talmud. The Talmud, an 18-volume set of rabbinical teachings written from about A.D. 200 to 600, is considered the authoritative commentary on the Old Testament Scriptures. Judaism traditionally has taught that the content of the Talmud was given orally by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai and then passed on by mouth until it was written down.” (source)
“The Orthodox Jews refer to themselves as ‘Torah-true.’ They are devoted to strict observance of all of the 613 commandments they count in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.” (source)
“Zionism: a movement that seeks to colonize Jews in the land of Israel” (source)
“Jews believe they must defend their status in American society against ‘two major hostile pressures’: the threat of anti-Semitic prejudice and discrimination and the threat of the incorporation of Christian symbols, practices, and values into public life. Because of the past history of persecution and repeated attempts at annihilation, as in the Holocaust, American Jews suffer, he says, from a ‘permanent sense of insecurity and vulnerability.’” (source)
- Title: How To Respond: Judaism
- Author: Erwin J. Kolb
- Publisher: Concordia
- Publication Date: 1995