RE103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Book Of Deuteronomy, Polytheism, Mishnah
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Preface: judism is a practice of ethical and monotheism. a. Theres one god and you use ethics in order to worship that one. You shall love the lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your might. The origin: in ancient near east or middle east. Jewish reacted against ishtar and sexual image and instead places an interest on the love of god through honor and obedience (developed out of response to the monotheist communities around the, Compassion- its importance: is essential as the love of god. Same respect, care and empathy to others as you would like to be accorded by them. A lot of teachings come a. from rabbi hillel. (1st century ad) rabbi = teacher. What"s hatful to your neighbor you would not do. What"s hateful to you don"t do to your neighbor. The golden rule is the who point of the torah.
