Oral Torah

Judaism is seen as a story, more like a narrative. It presumes that this story has everything that someone might expect in a good story, a story about slavery and freedom. Furthermore, a story about exile and return. The holy book of this religion is called the Hebrew Bible. ggInstead of the temptation of Adam and Even creating sin for all of humanity, in Judaism, it created the rhythm of wrongdoing and punishment and excel. The other one was the rhythm of covenant, breach and covenant. They…

otherwise known as the oral law given by God to Moses. Along with the five books ascribed to Moses, there was also a direct line of oral tradition that was transmitted throughout generations, which in turn, allowed the rabbis to believe…

ask them to upraise against Antiochus. Then a man by the name of Simon leads the Jews into a peaceful and prosperous life until Ptolemy, son of Abubus, kills him. The Mishnah is an oral teaching of judgment on a debate that was given by a notable rabbi. Usually based on the halcha, mitzvoth, or the spirit of the Torah that helps the Rabbi’s decision. Within the Mishnah are the Biblical Laws that were needed during the time the Second Temple was destroyed. The Mishnah isn’t thought to be as new…

The film, Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Ari Handel was released recently in March 2014 and is based on the biblical event of Noah’s ark. Several historical books contain the story of Noah and early civilizations have flood stories recorded at around the same time period. It is hard to pin down what actually happened in the flood account because it happened in a very early time period and there are several different versions of the story. The film portrays the story of Noah in a…

The Cairo Genizah or “Sacred Trash” is the collection of 300,000 manuscript of Jewish literary collected from the storeroom of Ben Eza Synagogue in old Cairo, Egypt. Genizah in Hebrew means hide away or keeping aside, like Janaza (means burial) in Arabic is derived from Persian word ganj denotes a treasure. These manuscripts dated from 870 CE to 19th century, contain approximately 1000 years of information about the Jewish communities of Cairo (Schechter). Genizah contains the largest…

Discernment on Exodus Being that this book is the second of the Old Testament, following Genesis, one would expect consistency in the story telling theme. Although all characters in Genesis were related through family ties, they all made part of varying stories that supported ultimately the same message. In the other hand, the book of Exodus is one that elaborates on one single character whose story extends to different events, which I feel concurred with Genesis’ message; loyalty to God that…

Throughout the entire course of history, the Bible and its contents have been contested. In the past people believed in different gods, and today many people believe that there is no God. Once someone has denied what the Bible says, they are forced to believe in something else. Many scholars have attacked the Bible itself and claimed that it is false. One way that they do that is by denying that Moses wrote the Pentateuch and that the stories found within are fiction. This accusation that…

Knowledge is describe as facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. (Oxford Dictionary pg. 1) God limits the knowledge of his doings a great amount in the Hebrew Bible, but specifically in the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, many stories, such as Adam and Eve or Job, reveals how God limits knowledge from his people. The question is, why does God limits knowledge from his people? God is said…

addition, the Jewish Church believes that God is the source of faith. However, the Jewish doctrine and the Christian doctrine have many differences. Unlike the Christian doctrine, Judaism does not accept the New Testament (their book is known as the Torah which is parts of the Old Testament). Furthermore, Judaism also stresses the importance of justice and love, as well as striving for decent behavior. Christians and the Jewish “people do share the Old Testament and its teachings, [as well as] a…

intimate experience with a deity and a practitioner. This interpretation of the Torah is important because it heightens the importance of the Tanakh and gives it a sense of validity since it came directly from God. This idea is of Axis Mundi is important because it shows how Moses came to God, but how God brought heaven with him. It is important to note that this level of spiritual experience happens not only in the Torah but in other religions as…