RE212 Lecture 3: Judaism in Conflict and Peace
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Re212 lesson 3: judaism in conflict and peace. Introduction: although it was destroyed nearly two thousand years ago (in the year 70 ce) by the armies of. Imperial rome, the jewish temple and the platform upon which it stood, known as the temple. I"ll suggest a resource or two if you are interested in later history that we discuss here. Preface: we shall speak of judaism at an abstract level. In fact, there have long been several judaisms : or as scholars put it, there are several jewish sects, each of which has its own specific understanding of what it means to be jewish and to practice judaism. In the 21st century these include orthodox judaism, conservative judaism, reform. Judaism, and others: christianity, islam, and the world"s other religions are no exceptions, all religions break into sects, nonetheless, since jewish sects share numerous, common features, it is possible to speak abstractly of judaism.
