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3 branches of Judaism
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Orthodox
God is spirit rather than form. He is a personal God
one commits sin by breaking the commandments of the Law.
Reform
The Messiah is a personal, superhuman being who is not divine. He will restore the Jewish kingdom and extend his righteous rule over the earth. He will execute judgment and right all wrongs.
There will be a physical resurrection. The righteous will exist forever with God in the Garden of Eden. The unrighteous will suffer, but disagreement exists over their ultimate destiny.
Torah is a human document preserving the history, culture, legends and hope of a people. It is valuable for deriving moral and ethical insights.
emerged following the emancipation from ghetto life in the late 18th century. It sought to modernize Judaism and thus stem the tide of assimilation threatening German Jewry.
Conservative
Liberal or Progressive Judaism
emerged in 19th century Germany as a reaction to the extreme assimilationist tendencies of Reform Judaism. It tried to be a middle ground, attempting to maintain basic traditions while adapting to modern life.
The Bible is the word of God and man. It is not inspired in the traditional sense, but rather dynamically inspired. Revelation is an ongoing process in the evolutionary sense.
Historical Judaism
Reform
3 Branches of Judaism
Conservative
Conservative Jews do not believe in a sin nature. The individual can sin in moral or social actions.
The concept of God is non-dogmatic and flexible. There is less atheism in Conservative Judaism than in Reform, but most often God is considered impersonal and ineffable
Salvation is obtained through the betterment of self and society.
Reform Judaism allows a varied interpretation of the "God concept" with wide latitude for naturalists, mystics, supernaturalists or religious humanists. It holds that "The truth is that we do not know the truth."
Reform
This group tends toward the Reform view, though it is not as likely to espouse humanism. Perfectibility can come through enlightenment. Man is "in partnership" with God.
Orthodox
Reform Jews do not believe in "original sin." Sin is reinterpreted as the ills of society.
2nd-5th century
Orthodox
It was the only form of Jewish practice prior to the 18th century and the emergence of Reform Judaism.
Traditional Judaism
A true Jew believes in revelation and the divine origin of the oral and written Torah.
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