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ARTICLES RELATED TO Chosen people - Judaism | | | |  Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Chosen people - JudaismIn Judaism, chosenness is the belief that the Jews are a people chosen to be in a covenant with God. The idea is not connected with tribal groupings as they are traditionally understood, as non-Jews are free to convert to Judaism.
The Jewish idea of being chosen is first found in the Torah (five books of Moses) and is elaborated on in later books of the Hebrew Bible. This status carries both responsibilities and blessings as described in the Biblical covenants with God. Much is written about this topic in rabbinic literature.
Judaism's teachings on being a chosen people are descr ...
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Chosen people - Chosen to receive a message
In many religions it is believed that the God has revealed a message to a prophet or messenger.
Some of these religions, such as some forms of Christianity and Islam, teach that their path is the only path to salvation. In other religions, like other forms of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Wicca, and Transcendentalism, it is believed that the followers of one's faith do not have an exclusive path to God. They hold tha ...
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Views of chosenness by the modern Jewish denominations The three largest Jewish denominations -- Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism -- maintain the belief that the Jews have been chosen by God for a purpose.
Jews as a chosen people - Orthodox views.
Rabbi Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, former Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogue of Great Britain (Modern Orthodox Judaism), describes chosenness in this way: "Yes, I do believe that the chosen people concept as affirmed by Judaism in its holy writ, its prayers, and its millennial tradition. In fac ...
See also:Jews as a chosen people, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness in the Hebrew Bible, Jews as a chosen people - Rabbinic Jewish views of chosenness, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness as superiority, Jews as a chosen people - Views of chosenness by the modern Jewish denominations, Jews as a chosen people - Orthodox views, Jews as a chosen people - Conservative views, Jews as a chosen people - Reform Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Criticism of chosenness: Reconstructionist Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Charges of racism Read more here: » Jews as a chosen people: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Views of chosenness by the modern Jewish denominations |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness in the Hebrew Bible According to the Hebrew Bible, Israel's character as the chosen people is conditioned by obedience to God's commandments. "Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people. For all the earth is mine: and you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation" (Exodus 19:5, 6). "The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people; but because the Lord loved you, and because he would ke ...
See also:Jews as a chosen people, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness in the Hebrew Bible, Jews as a chosen people - Rabbinic Jewish views of chosenness, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness as superiority, Jews as a chosen people - Views of chosenness by the modern Jewish denominations, Jews as a chosen people - Orthodox views, Jews as a chosen people - Conservative views, Jews as a chosen people - Reform Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Criticism of chosenness: Reconstructionist Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Charges of racism Read more here: » Jews as a chosen people: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness in the Hebrew Bible |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Charges of racism Many books and websites promote the idea that Judaism is inherently racist. Hundreds of websites exist run by neo-Nazis, White supremacy advocates, Christian Identity adherents, and radical Islamist groups offer what they claim are authoritative quotes from rabbinic literature, all attempting to prove that Jews hate non-Jews and perceive them as non-human.
These books and websites generally attempt to prove their thesis through two techniques, (a) outright fabrication of quotes, and (b) quote-mining. Quote-mining is the deliberate sif ...
See also:Jews as a chosen people, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness in the Hebrew Bible, Jews as a chosen people - Rabbinic Jewish views of chosenness, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness as superiority, Jews as a chosen people - Views of chosenness by the modern Jewish denominations, Jews as a chosen people - Orthodox views, Jews as a chosen people - Conservative views, Jews as a chosen people - Reform Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Criticism of chosenness: Reconstructionist Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Charges of racism Read more here: » Jews as a chosen people: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Charges of racism |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Rabbinic Jewish views of chosenness The idea of chosenness has traditionally been interpreted by Jews in two ways: one way is that God chose the Israelites, while the other idea is that the Israelites chose God. Although collectively this choice was made freely, religious Jews believe that it created individual obligation for the descendants of the Israelites.
Crucial to the Jewish notion of chosenness is that it creates obligations exclusive to Jews, while non-Jews receive from God other covenants and other responsibilities. Generally, it does not entail exclusive rewa ...
See also:Jews as a chosen people, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness in the Hebrew Bible, Jews as a chosen people - Rabbinic Jewish views of chosenness, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness as superiority, Jews as a chosen people - Views of chosenness by the modern Jewish denominations, Jews as a chosen people - Orthodox views, Jews as a chosen people - Conservative views, Jews as a chosen people - Reform Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Criticism of chosenness: Reconstructionist Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Charges of racism Read more here: » Jews as a chosen people: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Rabbinic Jewish views of chosenness |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness as superiority In early medieval Europe, during a time of intense persecution of Jews, the idea developed that chosenness meant that God loves Jews more than other human beings, or that Jews were in some way inherently superior to non-Jews. This philosophy was first widely taught by Yehuda Halevi in his Kuzari.
A mystical version of this idea exists in parts of the Zohar, one of the primary works of Kabbalah, esoteric Jewish mysticism. The Zohar comments on the Biblical verse which states "Let the waters teem with swarms of creatures that hav ...
See also:Jews as a chosen people, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness in the Hebrew Bible, Jews as a chosen people - Rabbinic Jewish views of chosenness, Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness as superiority, Jews as a chosen people - Views of chosenness by the modern Jewish denominations, Jews as a chosen people - Orthodox views, Jews as a chosen people - Conservative views, Jews as a chosen people - Reform Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Criticism of chosenness: Reconstructionist Judaism, Jews as a chosen people - Charges of racism Read more here: » Jews as a chosen people: Encyclopedia II - Jews as a chosen people - Chosenness as superiority |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Jews for Jesus - Critical responses Jews for Jesus is rejected as "un-Jewish" by Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Judaism and by other messianic Jewish groups and by many Christians. Its critics charge that Jews for Jesus is Jewish in name only, due to the organization's lack of Torah observance and a statement of faith largely indistinguishable from those of other Evangelical para-church groups.
The Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, an umbrella organization that includes Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran and Presby ...
See also:Jews for Jesus, Jews for Jesus - Aims and Organisation, Jews for Jesus - Critical responses, Jews for Jesus - Support, Jews for Jesus - Litigation Read more here: » Jews for Jesus: Encyclopedia II - Jews for Jesus - Critical responses |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Jews for Jesus - Support Jews for Jesus is a member of numerous evangelical Christian groups such as:
World Evangelical Alliance, Canadian Council for Christian Charities, Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association, Evangelical Alliance of Great Britain, Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability, Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, National Association of Evangelicals, The Internet Evangelism Coalition, and the World Evangelical Fellowship.
Jews for Jesus actively seeks money from Christians to fund their organization and specifically re ...
See also:Jews for Jesus, Jews for Jesus - Aims and Organisation, Jews for Jesus - Critical responses, Jews for Jesus - Support, Jews for Jesus - Litigation Read more here: » Jews for Jesus: Encyclopedia II - Jews for Jesus - Support |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - In the New Testament Christianity emerged from Judaism in the first century of the Common Era. The first Christians were Jews. Within the Jewish tradition there was a belief that a messiah — a descendant of King David — would restore the monarchy/theocracy and Jewish independence. According to mainstream Jewish belief, the failure of Jesus to restore the Kingdom and fulfil various other messianic prophecies, and his crucifixion by Romans, negated claims that he was the messiah. Some Christians regard the prophecies as having spiritual significance, and not literal. Others see a complete ...
See also:Messiah, Messiah - In the Hebrew Bible, Messiah - Traditional and contemporary Judaism, Messiah - In the New Testament, Messiah - In Islam, Messiah - Other Messiahs, Messiah - The Messiah in science fiction and fantasy Read more here: » Messiah: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - In the New Testament |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - In Islam Main articles: Isa, Mahdi, and Muhammad al-Mahdi
In the Qur'an, the scripture of Islam, Isa (Jesus) is described as a Prophet of God as well as "the Messiah." The belief is that he was raised to heaven and will return at the end of days to live out the rest of his natural life.
Some Muslims claims the Messiah was prophesized in the "testimony of Levi" in Genesis as a descendent of Levi, and that the prophecy about "the shoot of Jesse" was displaced in antiquity from the Joshua section to other Prophets scrolls, and that both Joshua prophecy and the Testimony of Judah ( the star, sh ...
See also:Messiah, Messiah - In the Hebrew Bible, Messiah - Traditional and contemporary Judaism, Messiah - In the New Testament, Messiah - In Islam, Messiah - Other Messiahs, Messiah - The Messiah in science fiction and fantasy Read more here: » Messiah: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - In Islam |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - Other Messiahs See Jewish Messiah claimants for an overview of such claimants and links to more detailed articles.
In Stregheria, Jesus Christ is believed to have been a sort of "evil messiah" or false messiah, while Aradia de Toscano is seen as the true saviour who came to free the poor and the oppressed from the bondages of Christianity.
A few million people consider Rev. Moon to be the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
The Shakers believed that Jesus was the male Messiah and Mother Ann Lee, the female Messiah.
For the Rastafari movement, H ...
See also:Messiah, Messiah - In the Hebrew Bible, Messiah - Traditional and contemporary Judaism, Messiah - In the New Testament, Messiah - In Islam, Messiah - Other Messiahs, Messiah - The Messiah in science fiction and fantasy Read more here: » Messiah: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - Other Messiahs |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Zionism and racism - Viewed as anti-Semitism According to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Jews were at one time the "Chosen people" of God; in Judaism, this is still believed to be the case. Some have argued that this means Jews believe themselves superior to all other peoples, and thus that Judaism is racist; this belief was one facet of a variety of competing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories believed by varying numbers of Europeans since the 1700s and 1800s, accordin ...
See also:Zionism and racism, Zionism and racism - History, Zionism and racism - The demographic change, Zionism and racism - Zionism and Israel, Zionism and racism - Discrimination, Zionism and racism - Viewed as anti-Semitism, Zionism and racism - Soviet influence, Zionism and racism - UN Resolution 3379 Read more here: » Zionism and racism: Encyclopedia II - Zionism and racism - Viewed as anti-Semitism |
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| | | | Chosen people - Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem in the Tanakh and Old Testament Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Torah but is mentioned in later parts on the Tanakh, and Old Testament, a text sacred to both Judaism and Christianity. In Judaism it is considered the Written Law, the basis for the Oral Law (Mishnah, Talmud and Shulkhan Arukh) studied, practiced and treasured by Jews and Judaism for three millennia (list of Jewish prayers and blessings). In Christianity, it is considered as the account of God's relationship with His chosen people - the original covenant - and the essential prelude to the events narrated in the New Testament, inclu ...
See also:Religious significance of Jerusalem, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem Jews and Judaism, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem in Torah and Tanakh, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem and the Jewish religious calendar, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem and prayer, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Customs in remembrance of Jerusalem, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Western Wall in Jerusalem, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Rabbis and Jerusalem, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem in the Tanakh and Old Testament, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem in Christianity, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem in Islam, Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem in Mandaeanism Read more here: » Religious significance of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia II - Religious significance of Jerusalem - Jerusalem in the Tanakh and Old Testament |
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