WORLD PERFECT = UNIVERSALLY DESIRED VALUES from JUDAISM…WORLD PERFECT = UNIVERSALLY DESIRED VALUES from JUDAISM…
Question Answered step-by-step WORLD PERFECT = UNIVERSALLY DESIRED VALUES from JUDAISM… WORLD PERFECT = UNIVERSALLY DESIRED VALUES from JUDAISM (http://www.aish.com/sem/wp/) (http://www.aish.com/sem/wp/Part_1_Key_Values_for_a_Perfect_World.html) (http://kenspiro.com/article/world-perfect-the-jewish-impact-on-civilization/)(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QqsA6aqRzo) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRqfd34ZaB8) ____________________________________________________________The Christian Author of A History of the Jews. ____________________________________________________________The Jewish Author of World Perfect. *3- The 6 ostensibly Universal Values that Judaism (the Mosheic faith of Yisrael) contributed to world civilization. (God-HaShem revealed these values to the whole world via the Yisraelite people who recorded them in the TanakhBible; these virtues were then promulgated around the globe by Jewish people & Christian missionaries): *a- ___________________________________________________________________________________________ *b- ___________________________________________________________________________________________ *c- ___________________________________________________________________________________________ *d- ___________________________________________________________________________________________ *e- ___________________________________________________________________________________________ *f- ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 4- The 3 Ancient Reasons for Infanticide: ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ In cultures which practiced widespread infanticide, __________________________ were considered valuable & __________________________ were considered disposable. Aristotle: Every maimed or imperfect newborn child should be ___________________________. ____________________________ The people who practiced the most human sacrifice (for theological reasons). ____________________________ The people who had the worst motivation for human sacrifice (for human entertainment). The 3 traditional ancient reasons for war: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ The ancient Golden Rule: Whoever has the ________________, makes the rules. The great Roman Empire was _________% illiterate. Hellenic-Greek (& Nipponese Samurai) philosophers & rulers promoted _____________________________ among the ranks of the military. Palladas: Marriage gives a man only 2 happy days, the day he takes his bride to _____________________________ & the day he lays her in her _____________________________. Propertius: I wish that all my enemies would fall in love with _________________ & that all my friends would fall in love with __________________. Suetonius: Julius Ceasar was every woman’s ________________ & every man’s ___________________. Genghis Khan: greatest happiness is to ________________ your enemies & to rape their ___________________ & ______________________. *17- The Talmud: To save 1 life is tantamount to saving the whole _____________________________. Jewish kings had to copy & carry a copy of the Torah to remind themselves that there is a ________________________ of kings. The 3 Qualifications for Membership in the Yisraelite Sanhedrin: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ *20- The 11th Commandment of Judaism: Thou shalt go to ____________________________. *21- Rambam/Maimonides: _____________________ or _____________________ any Jewish city that doesn’t have schools for children. Jewish men are obligated to mate with their wives; to do otherwise is a ground for ____________________. Denis Prager: The Jewish-inspired boundaries/limitations on sexual activity (that is, monogamous heterosexual marriage) made the development/advancement of ______________________________ civilization possible. *24- Leviticus-Vaykhra 19:16b: Do not stand by your neighbor’s __________________. In other words, don’t stand still & allow someone else to ______________________. In more words, you must actively do _____________________. *25- Leviticus-Vaykhra 19:18: The Greatest Commandment: Love your ________________ as you _____________ yourself. *26- Thomas Huxley: The Bible is the Magna Carta of the _____________________ & ________________________. *27- The single, greatest Jewish contribution to the world: Ethical _____________________________. *This consists of 1 __________________ & 1 Standard of __________________________ for everyone, instead of Polytheism in which different, competing deities often demand contradictory things from the same believer. God’s expectation for the Chosen People: the responsibility to _____________________ the world (tikkun olam). God calls the Chosen People to be: a ______________________ to the nations (Yeshayahu-Isaiah 42:6b; 49:6b). JEWISH THEOLOGY *There is only one God who works on earth through historical events & who has chosen the Yisraelites to be his human Agents. *Rebbi Mosheh ben Maimon/Maimonides/Rambam’s 13 Main Points of Jewish Theology: *God (HaShem) Exists. *There is only 1 God (HaShem). *God (HaShem) is a Spirit & has no Body. *God (HaShem) is Eternal. *God (HaShem) is the only Person who should be Worshipped. *God (HaShem) has Revealed God’s self through the Prophets/Neviyim. *Mosheh is the Principal Prophet of God (HaShem). *God’s (HaShem’s) Law/Torah was Given by God (HaShem) to the Yisraelites via Mosheh on Mount Sinai. *God’s (HaShem’s) Law/Torah is Immutable. *God (HaShem) knows what People will do in Advance. *Good will be Rewarded & Evil will be Punished Eventually by God (HaShem). *God’s (HaShem’s) Mashiakh/Messiah/Anointed One will Come Eventually. *God (HaShem) will Raise the Righteous People from the Netherworld/Sheol. *7 Noahide Laws for all of Humanity (Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin & Yerushalayim Talmud Tosefta Avodah Zarah): *Don’t worship false deities. [Respect God the Creator.] *Don’t curse God. [Respect God’s name.] *Don’t murder. [Respect the sanctity of human life.] *Don’t commit sexual immorality. [Respect marriage.] *Don’t eat part of a live animal. [Respect all living beings.] *Don’t steal. [Respect other people’s property.] *Establish courts of law. [Ensure justice.] *TANAKH – 3 Parts: Torah, Neviyim, Khetuvim *Why so much Jealousy & Hatred? (Dennis Prager, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, John Loftus) *Christ Killer Theology – Deicide *Supersessionism – the Christian Covenant (New Testament) Replaces the Yisraelite Covenant (Old Testament) *Us versus Them Theology – Scriptures written during Era of Christian Expulsion from Beitot Knessot *Wealth – Banking/Usury in Medieval Europe to Launch Capitalism *Health – Biblical/Levitical Hygiene during Bubonic Plagues/Black Death *Education – Mandatory Literacy via the Bar Mitzvah tradition & now Bat Mitzvah *World Perfect (Rabbi Ken Spiro) inspired by (Paul Johnson) Health Science Science Nursing REL 2300 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
