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Daniel Elazar has argued that the concept of covenant is the fundamental concept in the biblical political tradition and in the later Jewish thought that emerges from the Bible. [ 2 ] Outside of the Hebrew Bible , the ancient Jewish scribe , sage , and allegorist Ben Sira stated "A work is praised for the skill of the artisan; so a people’s ...
Listening to the speakers at the Rally for Israel in Washington, D.C., I heard House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries relate “the painful history of the Jewish People.” He said, “For ...
Jewish political movements refer to the organized efforts of Jews to build their own political parties or otherwise represent their interest in politics outside the Jewish community. From the time of the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans to the foundation of Israel , the Jewish people had no sovereign territory and were largely denied equal ...
John's use of the collective expression "the Jews" is likely explained by the historical circumstances and audience for which he wrote. With the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, the Jewish priesthood, and thus the class of the Sadducees was massacred and thus ceased to exist, due to its role in the First Jewish–Roman War. As John wrote his ...
Paul was the first major figure in Christian history to hold the view that Jewish law is no longer valid. Some Christians believe that the Jews were God's chosen people, [55] but because of Jewish rejection of Jesus, the Christians in turn received that special status. [56] This doctrine is known as Supersessionism.
[3] In it, Spinoza expounds his views on contemporary Jewish and Christian religion and critically analyses the Bible, especially the Old Testament, which underlies both. He argues what the best roles for state and religion should be and concludes that a degree of democracy and freedom of speech and religion works best, such as in Amsterdam ...
Judaeo-Christian ethics (or Judeo-Christian values) is a supposed value system common to Jews and Christians. It was first described in print in 1941 by English writer George Orwell. The idea that Judaeo-Christian ethics underpin American politics, law and morals has been part of the "American civil religion" since the 1940s.
Neturei Karta, an anti-Zionist Jewish group. While anti-Zionism usually utilizes ethnic and political arguments against the existence or policies of the state of Israel, anti-Zionism has also been expressed within religious contexts which have, at times, colluded and collided with the ethnopolitical arguments over Israel's legitimacy.