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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Rabbi Akiva | | | |  Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Free will - The science of free willThroughout the history of science, attempts have been made to answer the question of free will using scientific principles. Early scientific thought often pictured the universe as deterministic, and some thinkers believed that it was simply a matter of gathering sufficient information to be able to predict future events with perfect accuracy. While not mechanistic in the same sense as classical physics, most current scientific theories are also deterministic, by necessity — it is a basic assumption of all scientific endeavours that the future can be predicted. It is also difficult, if not impossible, ...
See also:Free will, Free will - Determinism versus indeterminism, Free will - Moral responsibility, Free will - Compatibilist theories and the could-have-done-otherwise principle, Free will - The science of free will, Free will - Neurology and psychiatry, Free will - Determinism and emergent behaviour, Free will - In theology, Free will - In Christian thought, Free will - In Jewish thought Read more here: » Free will: Encyclopedia II - Free will - The science of free will |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Tannaim - Prominant Tannaim
Tannaim - The Nesi'im.
Main article: Nasi
Hillel the Elder
Rabban Simeon, son of Hillel (nothing about him is known)
Rabban Gamliel the Elder
Rabban Simeon, son of Gamliel
Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
Rabban Gamliel of Yavne
Eleazar ben Azaria, who was Nasi for a short time after Raban Gamliel (above) was removed from his position for a short time.
Rabban Simeon, son of Gamliel of Yavne
Rabbi Yehuda Ha-Nasi (known s ...
See also:Tannaim, Tannaim - The origin of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Prominant Tannaim, Tannaim - The Nesi'im, Tannaim - The generations of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Before the destruction of the Second Temple, Tannaim - The generation of the destruction, Tannaim - Between the destruction of the Temple to the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - The generation of the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - After the revolt, Tannaim - Compilers of the Mishnah, Tannaim - External link Read more here: » Tannaim: Encyclopedia II - Tannaim - Prominant Tannaim |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - Other Messiahs 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 - In the New Testament, Messiah - In Islam, Messiah - Other historically significant Jewish Messiah claimants, Messiah - Josephus's report of civil unrest in the first century, Messiah - Menahem ben Judah, Messiah - Bar Kokhba, Messiah - Moses of Crete, Messiah - In 7th century Persia, Messiah - The Syrian Serene, Messiah - Messiahs during the crusades, Messiah - David Alroy, Messiah - In Yemen, Messiah - Abraham Abulafia, Messiah - Nissim ben Abraham, Messiah - Moses Botarel of Cisneros, Messiah - Asher Lemmlein, Messiah - David Reuveni and Solomon Molko, Messiah - Isaac Luria, Messiah - Sabbatai Zevi, Messiah - Sabbethaian pseudo-messiahs, Messiah - Mordecai Mokia, Messiah - Jacob Frank, Messiah - Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Messiah - Other Messiahs, Messiah - The Messiah in science fiction and fantasy, Messiah - See Also Read more here: » Messiah: Encyclopedia II - Messiah - Other Messiahs |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Kabbalah in non-Jewish society Kabbalah eventually gained an audience outside of the Jewish community. Nominal-Christian versions of Kabbalah began to develop; by the early 18th century some kabbalah came to be used by some hermetic philosophers, neo-pagans and other new religious groups.
Kabbalah - Hermetic Kabbalah.
The Western Esoteric (or Hermetic) Tradition, a precursor to both the neo-Pagan and New Age movements, is intertwined with aspects of Kabbalah. Within the Hermetic tradition, much of Kabbalah has been changed from its Jewish roots through syncretism, b ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Kabbalah in non-Jewish society |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Debate about Kabbalah in Judaism Although it was criticized by a small number of rabbis, Kabbalah has nevertheless been a fundamental part of most Jewish theology for many centuries, and is particularly influential in Hasidic and Sephardic thought. As well, the Vilna Gaon, the greatest leader of the Mitnagdim - former opponents of the Hasidim - was also a major Kabbalist. Gershom Scholem has written that between 1500 and 1800 "Kabbalah was widely considered to be the true Jewish theology". Though many Modern Orthodox Jews do not ascribe to Kabbalah, most other Orthodox Jews still consider it a fundamental part of Jewish thought and bel ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Debate about Kabbalah in Judaism |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Rebbe - Usage Orthodox Jews use the term to denote someone that they perceive not only as the religious leader of their congregation, but as their spiritual advisor and mentor. A Rebbe is someone whose views are accepted not just on issues of religious dogma and practice, but in all arenas of life, such as politics and social issues.
As an example, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the leader of the Chabad Lubavitch hasidim; referred to as "The Rebbe" by Lubavitch Hasidim, as well as by many non-Lubavitchers who speak of him. The word Rebbe is a Backronym that stands for Rosh Bnei Yisrael - "head ...
See also:Rebbe, Rebbe - In Jewish history, Rebbe - Founding of Hasidism, Rebbe - Usage, Rebbe - Rebbes of Hasidic dynasties, Rebbe - Rebbes of Belz, Rebbe - Rebbes of Bobov, Rebbe - Rebbes of Breslov, Rebbe - Rebbes of Ger, Rebbe - Rebbes of Chabad Lubavitch, Rebbe - Rebbes of Karlin, Rebbe - Rebbes of Satmar Sighet-Uhel, Rebbe - Rebbes of Skverr, Rebbe - Rebbes of Toldos Aharon-Reb Arele, Rebbe - Rebbes of Viznitz Read more here: » Rebbe: Encyclopedia II - Rebbe - Usage |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights defines religious conversion as a human right: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, ...." (Article 18).
Based on the declaration the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) drafted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a legally binding treaty. It states that "Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall ...
See also: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 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 Read more here: » Religious conversion: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity Telling non-Christians about Christianity has been seen as a duty of Christians since the time of Jesus. According to the New Testament, Jesus commanded his disciples to "go into the world and make disciples of all nations". Evangelism, or 'spreading the Good News' has been a central part of the life of Christians since that time. In Christianity conversion is properly seen as the work of God. Humans may preach and tea ...
See also: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 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 Read more here: » Religious conversion: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte See also the main article proselyte
A person who has undergone conversion is called a convert or proselyte. A proselyte (from the Latin word proselytus which in turn comes from the Greek word προσήλυτος, proselytos meaning "someone who has found his/her place") is in general a title given to a person who has fully embraced a certain religion, world view, ideology, metaphysics, ontology et cetera.
On the historical meaning of the Greek word, Acts of Pilate, roughly dated from 150 to 4 ...
See also: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 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 Read more here: » Religious conversion: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Criticisms
Kabbalah - Dualism.
One of the most serious and sustained criticisms of Kabbalah is that it may lead away from monotheism, and instead promote dualism, the belief that there is a supernatural counterpart to God. The dualistic system of good and of evil powers, which goes back to Zoroastrianism, can be traced through Gnosticism; having influenced the cosmology of the ancient Kabbalah before it reached the medieval one.
Some early mystics believed in a heavenly being called Metatron, a lesser Adonai ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Criticisms |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Gnosticism and Kabbalah Gnostic literature testifies to the antiquity of the Kabbalah. Gnosticism - systems of secret spiritual knowledge, or some sources say - — that is, the cabalistic Chochmah (חכמה "wisdom") - seems to have been the first attempt on the part of Jewish sages to give the empirical mystic lore, with the help of Platonic and Pythagorean or Stoic ideas, a speculative turn. This led to the danger of heresy from which the Jewish rabbinic figures Rabb ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Gnosticism and Kabbalah |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Kabbalistic understanding of God Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) teaches that God is neither matter nor spirit. Rather God is the creator of both, but is himself neither. But if God is so different than his creation, how can there be any interaction between the Creator and the created? This question prompted Kabbalists to envision two aspects of God, (a) God himself, who in the end is unknowable, and (b) the revealed aspect of God who created the universe, preserves the universe, and interacts with mankind. Kabbalists believe that these two aspects are not contradictory ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Kabbalistic understanding of God |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - The failure of Sabbatian mysticism The spiritual and mystical yearnings of many Jews remained frustrated after the death of Rabbi Isaac Luria and his disciples and colleagues. No hope was in sight for many following the devastation and mass killings of the pogroms that followed in the wake the Chmielnicki Uprising (1648-1654), and it was at this time that a controversial scholar of the Kabbalah by the name of Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676) captured the hearts and minds of the Jewish masses of that time with the promise of a newly-minted "Messianic" Millennialism in the form of his ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - The failure of Sabbatian mysticism |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Mystic doctrines in Talmudic times 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 ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Mystic doctrines in Talmudic times |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - The human soul in Kabbalah The Zohar posits that the human soul has three elements, the nefesh, ru'ach, and neshamah. The nefesh is found in all humans, and enters the physical body at birth. It is the source of one's physical and psychological nature. The next two parts of the soul are not implanted at birth, but can be developed over time; their development depends on the actions and beliefs of the individual. They are said to only fully exist in people awakened spiritually. A common way of explaining the three parts of the soul is as fol ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - The human soul in Kabbalah |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Foretelling the future A small number of Kabbalists have attempted to foretell events by the Kabbalah. The term has come to be used to refer to secret science in general; mystic art; or mystery.
Following that, the English word "cabal" came to refer to any small, secretive and possibly conspiratorial group.
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See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Foretelling the future |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Textual antiquity of esoteric mysticism Early forms of esoteric mysticism existed over 2,000 years ago. Ben Sira warns against it, saying: "You shall have no business with secret things" (Sirach iii. 22; compare Talmud Hagigah 13a; Midrash Genesis Rabbah viii.).
Apocalyptic literature belonging to the second and first pre-Christian centuries contained some elements of later Kabbalah, and as, according to Josephus, such writings were in the possession of the Essenes, and were jealously guarded by them against disclosure, for which they claimed a hoary antiquity (see Philo, "De Vita Contempl ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Textual antiquity of esoteric mysticism |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Practical applications The Midrash and Talmud are replete with the use of Divine names and incantations that are claimed to effect supernatural or metaphysical results. Most post-Talmudic rabbinical literature disapproves of the use of any or most of these formulae, termed Kabbalah Ma'asith ("practical Kabbalah"). There are various arguments; one stated by the Medieval Rabbi Jacob Mölin (Maharil) is that the person using it may lack the required grounding, and the spell would be ineffective, leading to a de facto dimi ...
See also: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 Read more here: » Kabbalah: Encyclopedia II - Kabbalah - Practical applications |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam 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 ...
See also: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 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 Read more here: » Religious conversion: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin Religions of Indic origin such as Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism do not believe in conversion as a form of expansion, although they welcome anybody to join their faiths. The reason for this is the strongly held belief that "all religions are true and are only different paths to the same truth". Followers also believe the religion you follow is to be chosen based on an individual's temperament, birth etc. Also, what would be very strange and foreign to non-Indic origin faiths is that people can claim to be follower of multiple religions. For ...
See also: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 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 Read more here: » Religious conversion: Encyclopedia II - Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Jewish Messiah - Present-day positions
Jewish Messiah - Orthodox Judaism.
Orthodox Judaism maintains that Jews are obligated to accept Maimonides's 13 Principles of Faith, including an unwavering belief in the coming of the messiah.
Jewish Messiah - Conservative Judaism.
Emet Ve-Emunah, the Conservative movement's statement of principles, states:
Since no one can say for certain what will happen in the Messianic era each of us is free to fashion personal speculation. Some of us accept these sp ...
See also:Jewish Messiah, Jewish Messiah - Views of Maimonides, Jewish Messiah - Textual requirements, Jewish Messiah - Present-day positions, Jewish Messiah - Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Messiah - Conservative Judaism, Jewish Messiah - The messiah in Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism, Jewish Messiah - Judaism and Christianity Read more here: » Jewish Messiah: Encyclopedia II - Jewish Messiah - Present-day positions |
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| | | | | Rabbi Akiva: Encyclopedia II - Theology - Divisions of theology Theology can be divided up in any number of ways. Many of these divisions have originated in the study of the Christian religion, although some have been adapted and extended to apply to other religions, or to the study of multiple religions.
The most established distinctions are Systematic Theology, Biblical Studies/Biblical Theology, Historical Theology and Pastoral Theology.
Theology can also be divided up into :
Academic subdisciplines;
Biblical Theology - focused on the investigation and int ...
See also:Theology, Theology - History of the term, Theology - A brief history of Theologies, Theology - Theology and religions other than Christianity, Theology - Theology and the Academy, Theology - Theological studies in different institutions, Theology - Divisions of theology, Theology - Quotes Read more here: » Theology: Encyclopedia II - Theology - Divisions of theology |
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