JUDAISM
(See also Jews [Ancient]; Jews [Medieval]; Jews [Modern]; Mishnah; Pharisees; Sadducees; Scribes; Talmud; Torah)
apocalyptic literature: w99 12/1 4
arguments against Christianity:
first century: it-1 1077-1079
middle ages: w97 4/15 19-22
modern day: g91 6/22 3-6
attitude toward—
abortion: g87 4/8 6
being God’s chosen people: rs 220
blood transfusions: g86 9/8 25
Christendom: wi 25
divine name: it-1 1013; bh 196; w13 3/15 27; g04 1/22 6-7; w99 7/1 28; g99 3/8 26; wi 20-21; sh 225, 228-229, 232; w88 5/15 27
divorce: w88 5/15 3-4
Jesus: wi 24-25; g91 6/22 11
Kingdom: w92 3/15 3
merit of Abraham: rs 211
older men: w87 6/1 5
resurrection: w09 8/15 7; w05 5/1 4; sh 219, 222-224; w89 6/15 5-6
Satan and demons: w02 10/15 4-5
suffering: g20.2 4
women: cf 141; ct 149; w91 7/1 12-14
Cabala (Kabbala): g20.2 4; w00 4/1 29; ie 14; wi 23; sh 223
tikkun (prayer of correction): w99 7/1 28
chronology: w94 7/15 28-30
clergy:
homosexuality condoned (Reform Judaism): g90 10/22 28
customs:
Bar Mitzvah: sh 231
circumcision: sh 231
mezuzah: it-1 645; it-2 390; sh 231
phylactery: sh 233
yarmulke: sh 231
development: w91 7/1 12-13; sh 207-218; g89 5/22 19-22
Ashkenazi: sh 216
contribution of Gamaliel and descendants: w96 7/15 26-29
contribution of Maimonides: w95 3/1 20-23
contribution of Rashi: w99 3/15 26-28
Hasidism: w96 9/1 10; sh 217
Haskalah movement: sh 217-218; g89 5/22 22
rabbis: w96 7/1 28-30
roots in Pharisaic teaching: w96 7/15 26-27; g89 5/22 21-22
Sephardic: sh 216
Zionism: sh 218; g89 5/22 22
discussion: sh 205-234
disunity: g89 5/22 22
efforts to harmonize religious law and technology: g91 6/8 29
fables: it-1 800
Moses and Ten Commandments: it-1 800-801
factions:
Conservative Judaism: sh 227
Hasidism: w97 8/1 11; sh 217, 222-223, 226, 231
Orthodox Judaism: sh 226
Reform Judaism: sh 224, 226-227
festivals: sh 230-231
Hanukkah: ijwfq article 59; jy 188; gt chapter 80; sh 230; g90 12/8 11-13; g89 5/22 20; w88 11/1 8
Passover (Seder): w90 2/15 10-11, 14; sh 230-231
Purim: ijwfq article 59; nwt 1708; sh 230
Rosh Hashanah: ijwfq article 59
Shabbat (Sabbath): sh 230
Sukkot: sh 230
Yom Kippur: sh 230
first century C.E.: it-2 128; w96 1/15 28-29
not Scripturally based: w92 11/15 21
Roman law: w16.09 15
God’s permission of evil: g87 10/8 4
book When Bad Things Happen to Good People: g87 10/8 3-5
“Statement of Principles of Conservative Judaism”: g89 4/8 17
Greek influence: w13 2/15 10-11; w12 9/1 7; w99 4/1 12-13; w99 8/15 11; ie 13-14; w96 8/1 6; w96 10/15 4; wi 22-23; sh 212-214, 216, 219
Jewish proselytism: bt 27; it-2 699-700; w08 12/1 19-20; sh 213, 226
Messiah: g91 6/22 9-13; sh 232-234; g89 5/22 19-22
explanation of 70 weeks (Da 9:24-27): it-2 902-904; w14 2/15 27; wi 26-27
explanation of “my servant” (Isa 52:13–53:12): ip-2 195-196; wi 28-29; g91 6/22 9-11
why difficult for Jews to accept Jesus: wi 24-25, 27
missionary activity: g94 10/8 6-7
“new covenant” (Jer 31): wi 15
“oral law”: w99 1/15 25-27; w97 11/15 25-28; w96 9/1 11-13; wi 8-11
percentage of world population: w89 7/1 3
prayer: g97 6/22 28; sh 226-227
for those having sex-change operations: g 10/10 13
Kaddish: w08 1/1 4
Shema: w16.06 18-19; w12 3/1 23; sh 219
rabbis: w96 7/1 28-31
Sabbath restrictions: g00 9/8 28-29; w96 9/1 17
sacred writings:
Gemara: wi 10
Kethuvim: sh 220
Midrash: w99 3/15 27-28
Mishnah: it-2 6; w99 1/15 27; w98 5/15 28-29; w97 11/15 25-28; wi 10
Nevi’im: sh 220
Talmud: w98 5/15 28-31; sh 216, 221
“Tanakh”: sh 220
Torah: ijwbq article 122; w92 11/1 12; wi 3, 10; sh 17, 220
Tosefta: nwt 1737-1738; w12 3/1 7; w08 8/1 20; wi 10
soul: wp17.4 6; w13 2/15 10-11; w99 4/1 12-13; ie 13-14; w96 8/1 4, 6; wi 22-23; sh 219, 222-224
comment by Jewish Encyclopedia: wp17.4 6; g 2/13 13; w00 6/1 5-6; rs 377; g88 7/8 9
comment by Jewish Publication Society of America: g88 7/8 9
comment by Josephus: wp17.4 6
comments by Encyclopaedia Judaica: g 2/13 13; ie 13; w96 10/15 4; sh 219, 222-223
judgment day: g88 7/8 6
reincarnation: g20.2 4; ie 14; wi 23; sh 223
“Statement of Principles of Conservative Judaism”: g89 4/8 19
suffering in Gehenna: w89 10/1 5
Talmud’s teaching: sh 223
symbolized by old wineskins (Mt 9:17): w89 7/15 25
synagogues: g89 5/22 21
meaning of name: g89 3/22 12
number of words: g89 3/22 13
when old age begins: w87 6/1 9