Judaism
104 subentries
- Judaism (97:10sec) (121:6sec). See also Abraham (Old Testament); apocrypha; ark of Yahweh; Babylonian captivity; El Elyon; El Shaddai; Elohim; Essenes; Jerusalem temple; Jews; Jews (ancient Hebrews); Levites; Moses; Nazarites; Old Testament; Pharisees; prophets; rabbis; Sadducees; Sanhedrin; scribes; Shema; Sheol; Yahweh
- advanced religion of ancient times (92:6.4,14)
- apostles at first imposed J. upon converts (194:3.9)
- beliefs
- apocalyptists taught Jews’ sufferings were penalties for nation’s sins (135:5.2)
- authority was watchword (173:2.3)
- blindness caused by sin (164:3.3)
- consorting with deceased brother’s widow (83:5.4)
- creation account (74:8.7-11)
- eating with unwashed hands punishable by excommunication (153:3.6)
- health teachings of Caligastia 100 persisted in garbled form to days of Moses (66:5.19)
- Jews merged celestial rulers into composite Deity (43:3.4)
- prophets proclaimed God the Father of Israel (2:6.4)
- redemption of first-born sons (122:9.1)
- religion of good works, slavery to law (121:7.5)
- religious dogma so crystallized as to jeopardize further growth (98:2.9)
- teaching centered on knowing God (5:4.8)
- trinitarian Elohim part of theology after Babylon (96:1.8)
- uncertain regarding life after death (146:3.8)
- without shedding blood no remission of sin (4:5.5)
- clearer recognition of Father than any religion (130:3.4)
- deficient in philosophy and aesthetics, but conserved moral values (97:10.5-6)
- deficient in science (155:1.4)
- eastern/western differences (121:6.9) (166:5.4)
- Joseph father of Jesus held to eastern (122:5.11)
- Levant adopted western viewpoint (121:6.1)
- Mary mother of Jesus leaned toward western (122:5.11)
- educational program in Galilee (123:2.5-13) (123:5sec)
- evolutionary link between religions of evolution and revelation (92:6.17)
- failed to associate goodness of God with science and art (2:7.9)
- feasts (123:3.5) (125:1.5) (134:9.3)
- atonement (123:3.5)
- Jesus thought ceremonies pathetic (134:9.3)
- dedication (Paper 164) (125:1.5)
- Passover (Paper 142)
- 1-1/2 million attended (188:3.1)
- celebrated in Jerusalem when possible (123:3.5) (123:5.2)
- commandment not to leave sacrifice until morning (142:3.18)
- commemorated Jews’ emergence from racial slavery (179:5.2)
- customs (179:3.1,10) (179:5.1)
- Hebrew ritual (89:9.2-3)
- Jesus
- death coincidental to Passover (186:5sec)
- determined to establish a bloodless Passover (125:2.3) (127:6.6-7) (147:2.3) (179:0.3)
- first Passover at Jerusalem (124:6sec)
- Jews did not want Jesus’ body exposed on (187:5.7)
- lambs sacrificed at (127:6.6-7) (186:5.1)
- Moses established; institution antedated (125:1.5) (179:1.6)
- no secular work done or gentile buildings entered on preparation day for (179:0.1) (182:2.9) (184:3.17) (185:0.3)
- pardon by Roman governor at (185:5.2) (187:0.2)
- sacrament must consist of most primitive viand (92:2.2)
- smearing blood on doorposts was outgrowth of child sacrifice (89:7.2)
- temple head tax payable at (173:1.3)
- women seldom attended (125:0.2)
- Pentecost (123:3.5) (125:1.5). See also Pentecost (bestowal of Spirit of Truth)
- 7 weeks after Passover; established by Moses (125:1.5)
- festival of baptism (194:1.5)
- Purim
- feast of Esther and Israel’s deliverance (123:3.5) (125:1.5)
- tabernacles
- annual holiday of all Palestine; established by Moses (123:3.5) (125:1.5) (134:9.4) (162:4sec)
- feast of harvest ingathering (123:3.5) (162:4.1)
- fetish hut elevated by Moses to harbor law of God (88:2.3)
- Ganid’s abstract of (131:2sec)
- great international, interracial faith (92:6.4,16)
- influence of Judaism on
- Christianity (97:10.6) (98:7.5)
- Islam (97:10.6)
- influence on Judaism by (96:0.3)
- Amenemope (95:4.4)
- Babylonian captivity (97:9.27)
- Egypt (97:8.2)
- Ikhnaton (95:5.7-8,14-15)
- Philo (121:6.3-6) (130:3.9) (146:1.3)
- Platonism and Stoicism (121:6.3)
- Zoroastrianism (95:6.7) (98:7.6)
- Jesus’ antagonism with J. always positive (147:6.6)
- Jesus did not participate in any sacrificial service (179:0.3)
- Levites officiated in Jerusalem temple (164:4.2-4)
- Micah attacked sacrificial system (97:5.6)
- monotheistic zeal eclipsed teachings of Trinity (104:1.8)
- only Jerusalemites permitted to witness daily sacrifices (125:1.5)
- oral law
- Jesus in constant collision with (124:1.13)
- Jesus resented those misrepresentative of Father (127:6.6)
- minute regulations invaded every domain of life (121:7.3-4)
- misinterpreted sacred writings (159:4.6)
- Sanhedrists deserted commandments of God while holding to oral law (153:3.3-4)
- viewed as ordained by Abraham; more sacred than Scripture (121:7.3-4) (153:3.6-7)
- persisted because of institutions (97:10.7)
- predicated on Melchizedek’s covenant with Abraham (96:0.3)
- promised salvation from difficulties (5:4.5-8) (148:6.5)
- rapidly expanding in times of Jesus (121:1.6)
- religion of moral sublimity (196:3.19)
- renaissance dates from Greek translation of Scriptures (121:6.2)
- rituals. See also Judaism: feasts
- Andonic animal sacrifice preserved in (63:6.4)
- inconsistent and absurd; Jesus thought ceremonies pathetic (125:2.4) (134:9.3)
- purification after childbirth (122:9.1) (122:10.2)
- Sabbath service described (150:8sec)
- Shema was creed of faith (150:8.4)
- saved by intervention of Babylonian teachers (121:6.8)
- secret of survival was centralization of worship at Jerusalem (121:2.6)
- tolerated fringe of gentile believers (121:2.5)
- various Deity titles defined (96:1.2-10)
Cross-references
- See also Abraham (Old Testament)
- See also Pentecost (bestowal of Spirit of Truth)
- See also Judaism: feasts
- See also apocrypha
- See also ark of Yahweh
- See also Babylonian captivity
- See also El Elyon
- See also El Shaddai
- See also Elohim
- See also Essenes
- See also Jerusalem temple
- See also Jews
- See also Jews (ancient Hebrews)
- See also Levites
- See also Moses
- See also Nazarites
- See also Old Testament
- See also Pharisees
- See also prophets
- See also rabbis
- See also Sadducees
- See also Sanhedrin
- See also scribes
- See also Shema
- See also Sheol
- See also Yahweh
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- Christian church, early 77
- education 85
- Greece 51
- Jerusalem temple 42
- Moses 37
- Paul 52
- Sanhedrin 82