Love is a central value in both Judaism and Christianity. In Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, literary critic Harold Bloom argues that their notions of love are fundamentally different. Specifically, he links the Jewish conception of love to justice, and the Christian conception of love to charity. As in English, the Hebrew word for "love," ahavah אהבה, is used to describe intimate or romantic feelings or relationships, such as the love between parent and child in Genesis 22:2; 25: 28; 37:3; the love between close friends in I Samuel 18:2, 20:17; or the love betw ...

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Judaism and Christianity, Judaism and Christianity - Neither religion is monolithic, Judaism and Christianity - Raison d'être of the religion, Judaism and Christianity - The nature of religion: national versus universal, Judaism and Christianity - Concepts of God, Judaism and Christianity - Understanding of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity - Sin and Original Sin, Judaism and Christianity - Faith versus good deeds, Judaism and Christianity - Love, Judaism and Christianity - Abortion, Judaism and Christianity - War violence and pacifism, Judaism and Christianity - Judgement, Judaism and Christianity - Capital punishment, Judaism and Christianity - Heaven and Hell, Judaism and Christianity - The Messiah, Judaism and Christianity - Catholic views, Judaism and Christianity - Eastern Orthodox views, Judaism and Christianity - Jewish views, Judaism and Christianity - Evangelism, Judaism and Christianity - Miscellaneous, Judaism and Christianity - Mutual views, Judaism and Christianity - Common Jewish views of Christianity, Judaism and Christianity - Common Christian views of Judaism

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A distinctive characteristic of Bible onomatology is the frequency of composite names, which form at times even complete sentences, as in the case of Isaiah's son Shear-jashub (= "the remnant shall return"). Hephzibah means "my pleasure is in her." Sometimes these composites have a preposition as their first element, as Bishlam (= "with peace"; Ezra iv. 7) and Lemuel (= "belonging to God"; Prov. xxxi. 4); but in the majority of cases these composite names are theophorous, referring to, or actually mentioning, the Deity, either by the name of ...

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God - Abrahamic conceptions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam see God as a being who created the world and rules over the universe. God is usually held to have the properties of holiness (separate from sin and incorruptible), justness (fair, right, and true in all His judgments), sovereignty (unthwartable in His will), omnipotence (all-powerful), omniscience (all-knowing), omnibenevolence (all-loving), omnipresence (present everywhere at the same time), and immortality (eternal and everlasting). He is also believe ...

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God - Abrahamic conceptions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam see God as a being who created the world and rules over the universe. God is usually held to have the properties of holiness (separate from sin and incorruptible), justness (fair, right, and true in all His judgments), sovereignty (unthwartable in His will), omnipotence (all-powerful), omniscience (all-knowing), omnibenevolence (all-loving), omnipresence (present everywhere at the same time), and immortality (eternal and everlasting). He is also believe ...

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God, God - Etymology, God - Capitalization, God - Names of God, God - History of monotheism, God - Theology, God - Conceptions of God, God - Abrahamic conceptions, God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism, God - Christian Monism, God - The Ultimate, God - Aristotelian definition of God, God - Modern views, God - Notes and references, God - Popular Culture

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There are two types of "false prophet" recognized in the Jewish Bible: the one who claims to be a prophet in the name of idolatry, and the one who claims to be a prophet in the name of the God of Israel, but declares that any word or commandment (Mitzvah) which God has said no longer applies, or makes false statements in the name of God. A source for these is Deuteronomy 18:20, which refers to false prophets who claim to speak in the name of God. God's word is true eternally, so one who claims to speak in God's name but in fact diverges in a ...

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The classical niqqud ("vocalization") for the Hebrew word for God (see Names of God in Judaism) in the Hebrew Bible within Judaism is יְהוָה — but the vowel points here are only intended to indicate that written YHWH is to be pronounced as Adonai (a "perpetual Q're"), so that no information is actually provided about the pronunciation of YHWH. While recognizing Judaism's policy against the formal pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, some Christian scholars have engaged in speculative scholarly reconstruction of ...

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Iaoue, Iaoue - Clement of Alexandria's ιαουε favors the transliteration Yahweh, Iaoue - The variants ιαουε and ιαουια both favor the transliteration Yahweh, Iaoue - The variants ιαουε and ιαουια and ιαου can all be found in Stromata V.6, Iaoue - The variant ιαου is found in the 11th century Greek Codex Laurentianus V 3, Iaoue - The variant ιαου is found in Migne's P.G., Iaoue - Hebrew Bible's יְהוָה versus the Christian Yahweh and יַהְוֶה and ιαουε, Iaoue - Footnotes, Iaoue - External link, Iaoue - Technical note

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Definition and meaning of Judaism

Judaism - [World History]

Judaism is a religion and philosophy with belief in one god (monotheism); it originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Hebrews believed that God (Yahweh) was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament which describes the migration of the Hebrews to Egypt, their enslavement by the pharaohs, their exodus under the guidance of Moses, and the covenant the Hebrews have with God based on their commitment to the Ten Commandments. They prospered in Israel for less than a century before they were again exiled and enslaved. The spiritual and ethical principles of Judaism are written in the first five books of the Old Testament, the Torah. Human life was respected but subject to God's judgment and punishment. The Hebrews developed an ethical world view based in their faith with belief in the ultimate power of one god and a concern for individuals. Today, Jews live in different parts of the world, including the United States. The Jewish homeland is Israel.

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Definition and meaning of Judaism

Judaism - [World History]

Judaism is a religion and philosophy with belief in one god (monotheism); it originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Hebrews believed that God (Yahweh) was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament which describes the migration of the Hebrews to Egypt, their enslavement by the pharaohs, their exodus under the guidance of Moses, and the covenant the Hebrews have with God based on their commitment to the Ten Commandments. They prospered in Israel for less than a century before they were again exiled and enslaved. The spiritual and ethical principles of Judaism are written in the first five books of the Old Testament, the Torah. Human life was respected but subject to God's judgment and punishment. The Hebrews developed an ethical world view based in their faith with belief in the ultimate power of one god and a concern for individuals. Today, Jews live in different parts of the world, including the United States. The Jewish homeland is Israel.

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In an analogue to the euphemism HaShem for God, the euphemism HaShem HaMeforash (literally, the explicit name) is sometimes used to refer to the Tetragrammaton. Another name, four-letter word, has lost its popularity for obvious reasons. Some people refer to the Tetragrammaton as Hebrew word #3068 [3] after the numbering in James Strong's concordance. See also The name of God in Judaism. ...

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Tetragrammaton, Tetragrammaton - Meaning, Tetragrammaton - Using consonants as semi-vowels, Tetragrammaton - Using the vowels of YHWH, Tetragrammaton - Vowel marks, Tetragrammaton - The Scholarly Reconstructed pronunciation יַהְוֶה i.e. Yahweh, Tetragrammaton - Scholarly sources in which יַהְוֶה is found, Tetragrammaton - Jewish use of the word, Tetragrammaton - Possible effect on the Hebrew Language, Tetragrammaton - Alternative names, Tetragrammaton - Possible origins, Tetragrammaton - Popular culture, Tetragrammaton - Footnotes

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Many Christian Wiccans embrace Mary as a goddess-figure, and Jesus Christ as their god-figure. Sometimes this 'Mary' is not the Virgin Mary of the Bible, and Mother of Jesus, but Mary Magdalene--rumoured wife of Jesus. Other Christian Wiccans pray to God as Yahweh and to the Goddess as Elohim (a divine name that is a feminine word in Judaism). Some worship the holy goddess as Shekinah, or the radiance of God. Still others hail the holy goddess as Matronit, a name that has been sacred for many years. Matronit is seen as an all-powerful, all-k ...

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Christian Wicca, Christian Wicca - Principal Tenets, Christian Wicca - Prayer and Witchcraft, Christian Wicca - Comparison with Christianity, Christian Wicca - External link

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Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (1135 - 1204), רבי משה בן מיימון, known commonly by his Greek name Maimonides, was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher. Maimonides held that no positive attributes can be predicated to God. The number of His attributes would seem to prejudice the unity of God. In order to preserve this doctrine undiminished, all anthropomorphic attributes,such as existence, life, power, will, knowledge - the usual positive attributes of God in the Kalâm - must be avoided in speaking of Him. Between t ...

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Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Approaches, Jewish philosophy - Early Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Philo of Alexandria, Jewish philosophy - Avicebron Solomon ibn Gabirol, Jewish philosophy - Jewish Mysticism Kabbalah, Jewish philosophy - Saadia Gaon, Jewish philosophy - Karaite philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart, Jewish philosophy - Yehuda Halevi and the Kuzari, Jewish philosophy - The rise of Aristotelian thought, Jewish philosophy - Maimonides, Jewish philosophy - Position in the history of thought, Jewish philosophy - Renaissance philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Post-Enlightenment Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Holocaust theology, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Orthodox Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Conservative Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reform Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reconstructionist Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Others, Jewish philosophy - Philosophers informed by their Jewish background

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The Jewish menorah contains a central stem in its candelabrum which is called Shamash. It is believed by some historians that this central stem is named after the Babylonian Sun god mentioned above, and that the combined seven branches or stems relate to the seven heavenly objects which were worshipped by several cultures in ancient Persia. Note, however, that "Shamash" is also an ordinary Hebrew word for an attendant, caretaker, custodian, or synagogue janitor. While this could easily discount the connection with the Babylonian god, it coul ...

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Shamash, Shamash - Shamash in Judaism

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In Eastern Orthodox Christian hymns and icons, the Ancient of Days is sometimes identified with God the Father, and sometimes with God the Son, or Jesus Christ. As such, an icon will sometimes portray Jesus Christ as an old man, the Ancient of Days, to show symbolically that he existed from all eternity, and sometimes as a young man to portray him as he was incarnate. In the hymn "Immortal, Invisible, God only Wise", the last two lines of the first verse read: Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, Thy great Name we praise. "The Ancient of Days" is a ...

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Strange as it may seem, classical Judaism refers to a martyr as both a kadosh and as a korban. A kadosh means a "holy" or "sanctified" person who has given up his life for God, which is known as kiddush Hashem or "sanctification of God's name". The word for korbanot is kodshim, meaning "holy things" and the name for martyrs is kedoshim meaning "holy ones". So it is no wonder that Jews murdered during the Holocaust are referred to ...

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Korban, Korban - In the Hebrew Bible, Korban - Roles of the kohen priests, Korban - In the Book of Leviticus, Korban - Abuses of the korbanot, Korban - In Mishnah and Talmud, Korban - The end of sacrifices, Korban - Will sacrifices be reinstituted in the future?, Korban - Why were sacrifices commanded? A rabbinic debate, Korban - Nineteenth and Twentieth century, Korban - Orthodox Judaism, Korban - Korbanot in the prayer book, Korban - Belonging to the 613 commandments, Korban - Martyrs as korbanot

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The Jewish poet-philosopher Solomon Ibn Gabirol is also known as Avicebron. He died about 1070 CE. He was influenced by Plato. His classic work on philosophy was Mekor Chayim, "The Source of Life". His work on ethics is entitled Tikkun Middot HaNefesh, "Correcting the Qualities of the Soul". In Gabirol's work Plato is the only philosopher referred to by name. Characteristic of the philosophy of both is the conception of a Middle Being between God and the world, between species and individual. Aristotle had already formul ...

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Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Approaches, Jewish philosophy - Early Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Philo of Alexandria, Jewish philosophy - Avicebron, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Jewish philosophy - Jewish Mysticism, Kabbalah, Jewish philosophy - Saadia Gaon, Jewish philosophy - Karaite philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart, Jewish philosophy - Yehuda Halevi and the Kuzari, Jewish philosophy - The rise of Aristotelian thought, Jewish philosophy - Maimonides, Jewish philosophy - Position in the history of thought, Jewish philosophy - Renaissance philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Post-Enlightenment Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Holocaust theology, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Orthodox Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Conservative Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reform Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reconstructionist Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Others, Jewish philosophy - Philosophers informed by their Jewish background

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The Jewish poet-philosopher Solomon Ibn Gabirol is also known as Avicebron. He died about 1070 CE. He was influenced by Plato. His classic work on philosophy was Mekor Chayim, "The Source of Life". His work on ethics is entitled Tikkun Middot HaNefesh, "Correcting the Qualities of the Soul". In Gabirol's work Plato is the only philosopher referred to by name. Characteristic of the philosophy of both is the conception of a Middle Being between God and the world, between species and individual. Aristotle had already formul ...

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Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Approaches, Jewish philosophy - Early Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Philo of Alexandria, Jewish philosophy - Avicebron Solomon ibn Gabirol, Jewish philosophy - Jewish Mysticism Kabbalah, Jewish philosophy - Saadia Gaon, Jewish philosophy - Karaite philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart, Jewish philosophy - Yehuda Halevi and the Kuzari, Jewish philosophy - The rise of Aristotelian thought, Jewish philosophy - Maimonides, Jewish philosophy - Position in the history of thought, Jewish philosophy - Renaissance philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Post-Enlightenment Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Holocaust theology, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Orthodox Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Conservative Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reform Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reconstructionist Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Others, Jewish philosophy - Philosophers informed by their Jewish background

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For Jews, the Bible means... Torah - The five books of Moses. The word Torah literally means instruction. It is also called Chumash (Hebrew for "five") and Pentateuch (Greek for "five books"). Neviim - The books of the Prophets Ketuvim - All the other books of the Bible (literally: "Writings"). Judaism has traditional held that along with the Torah God revealed a series of instructions on how to interpret and apply the Torah. The Torah is re ...

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Names for books of Judeo-Christian scripture, Names for books of Judeo-Christian scripture - Jewish perspective, Names for books of Judeo-Christian scripture - Christian perspective, Names for books of Judeo-Christian scripture - Differences, Names for books of Judeo-Christian scripture - Similarities

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Devil - Christianity. Christianity understands the Devil in the context of the Old Testament. Unlike Manichaeism which teaches a coeval dualism, Christians see the devil as a corrupted or fallen angel. He was Lucifer, an angel in authority before the Creation (theology) who fell because of pride and because he waged a war against God. The key fact in understanding the devil is that he was originally a holy being who was corrupted by pride< ...

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Devil, Devil - Concept of the devil in world religions, Devil - Christianity, Devil - Islam, Devil - Judaism, Devil - No concept of the devil in Hinduism, Devil - Ayyavazhi, Devil - Names of the devil, Devil - The original names, Devil - Further development, Devil - In Christian tradition, Devil - The devil in literature, Devil - The devil in music, Devil - The devil in film and television, Devil - The devil in video games, Devil - Bibliography

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One becomes a Muslim by believing Allah (Allah is the unique name of God in Islam) is the only God and Muhammad is Allah 's messenger. A person is considered a Muslim from the moment he sincerely makes this witness, the shahada. Of course a new Muslim has to familiarize himself/herself with the practices of Islam, but there is no formal requirement for that. It is a personal process; acceptance of all of that is taken to follow from the original statement, since all of Islam is considered to derive from either ...

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Religious conversion, Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law, Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism, Religious conversion - Procedure, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism in history, Religious conversion - Relationship with converts, Religious conversion - Differences between Jewish and Christian views, Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity, Religious conversion - Reception of baptized persons into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, Religious conversion - Conversion of Catholics to Protestantism, Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam, Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin, Religious conversion - Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults, Religious conversion - Conversion to Scientology, Religious conversion - Prohibition of conversion, Religious conversion - Proselytism, Religious conversion - History, Religious conversion - Issues involving proselytism

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The Fall of Man - Genesis. According to Genesis, God created a garden in the land of Eden, and placed Adam and Eve in the garden. He placed a number of trees in the garden, which were good to eat. He also placed two trees which are named specially in the text: the Tree of life and the Tree of knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve were told that they were free to eat of any tree in the garden, but not of the tree of the knowledg ...

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The Fall of Man, The Fall of Man - Accounts of the fall, The Fall of Man - Genesis, The Fall of Man - Quran, The Fall of Man - Other traditions, The Fall of Man - Interpretations, The Fall of Man - Judaism and Islam, The Fall of Man - Christianity, The Fall of Man - Vedic Hindu tradition, The Fall of Man - Felix Culpa the fortunate fall

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In Talmudic times the terms Ma'aseh Bereshit ("Works of Creation") and Ma'aseh Merkabah ("Works of the Divine Throne/Chariot") clearly indicate the Midrashic nature of these speculations; they are really based upon Genesis 1 and Book of Ezekiel 1:4-28; while the names Sitrei Torah (Talmud Hag. 13a) and Razei Torah (Ab. vi. 1) indicate their character as secret lore. In contrast to the explicit statement of the Hebrew Bible that God created not only the world, but also the matter out of which it was made, the opini ...

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Kabbalah, Kabbalah - Origin of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah - Mystic doctrines in Talmudic times, Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the early Middle Ages, Kabbalah - Lurianic Kabbalah in the Middle Ages, Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Sefardim and Mizrahim, Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Maharal, Kabbalah - The failure of Sabbatian mysticism, Kabbalah - Spread of Kabbalah during the 1700s, Kabbalah - The modern world, Kabbalah - Primary texts, Kabbalah - Theodicy: explanation for the existence of evil, Kabbalah - Kabbalistic understanding of God, Kabbalah - Sefirot, Kabbalah - A Greek Orthodox theological view, Kabbalah - The human soul in Kabbalah, Kabbalah - Foretelling the future, Kabbalah - Practical applications, Kabbalah - Textual antiquity of esoteric mysticism, Kabbalah - Gnosticism and Kabbalah, Kabbalah - Criticisms, Kabbalah - Dualism, Kabbalah - Debate about Kabbalah in Judaism, Kabbalah - Early critiques, Kabbalah - Within Conservative and Reform Judaism, Kabbalah - Kabbalah Centre, Kabbalah - Kabbalah in non-Jewish society, Kabbalah - Hermetic Kabbalah, Kabbalah - Fictional representations, Kabbalah - Kabbalah personalities, Kabbalah - Footnotes

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Rabbinic Jewish literature contains extensive discussions on the subject of repentance. Many rabbinic sources states that repentance is of paramount importance to the existence of this world, so that it was one of the seven provisions which God made before the Creation (Talmud, tractes Pesachim 54a; Nedarim 39b; Midrash Genesis Rabbah 1). "The Holy One, blessed be His name, said to Elijah, 'Behold, the precious gift which I have bestowed on my world: though a man sinneth again and again, but returneth in penitenc ...

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Repentance, Repentance - In the Hebrew Bible, Repentance - The view of the Biblical prophets, Repentance - In Judaism, Repentance - In Christianity, Repentance - The nature of repentance, Repentance - How repentance is produced, Repentance - In Islam

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