Guest guest Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 " As far as trying to follow the Jewish laws, there are 613 of them, which include the 10 commandments, as well as familiar rules regarding Kosher food. Religious Jews will attempt to follow those. " Wow! " I hope that helped. " Yes it did thanks. > > > If the Jewish Bible stops at the end of the first five books, why does > > this Jewish Bible I have in my hand right now (from the Jewish > > Publication Society) include a lot more than five books? > > 5 BOOKS > > I think that was an error somewhere in this thread. The Torah > consists of the 5 books. The Jewish bible is the TANACH or > tznius (an acronym) which is essentially the Christian Old > Testament. I don't believe the books after the Torah are part > of the law, but I could be wrong on that one. > > The Jewish Publication Society (JPS) version of the Bible from > about 1920 is essentially the King Version, with on-the- > fly corrections based on the Hebrew text, and the books > reordered according to Jewish tradition. The reason was that > Jews studying the bible will refer to the Hebrew text when > studying and interpreting details, so it wasn't important to get > the English version correct. About 1963-1966, the JPS New > Version came out with revised translation. > > The Christian basis for using the Jewish text for the old > Testament is in Romans 3:1-2 " ... because that unto them [the > Jews] were committed the oracles ... " The selection of the > Jewish books of the bible (for Christians) was the Council of > Rome in 382, which issued the Decree of Damasus, from the Acts > of the Roman Synod, 382 A.D. and ratified by the Eastern Church > within a few years and again in the Council of Nicea II in 787. > This was modified for Protestants by the Council of Worms. > > There's also the " Oral Law " which includes the Talmud, which is > an interpretation of the written law, the TANACH. I think Bible > or bible is correct even though that's a Christian term. > Support for that position is in the use of Christian > nomenclature to identify the passages and the fact that the > TANACH was once published based on the Christian bible. > > TERMINOLOGY > > The reference to " Father " and other terms, terms like " Father " > would not be part of a Jewish discussion. Jewish discussion > would never use " Father " to refer to Jesus or a messiah, and > these terms would not be used in discussion because they are > referenced in analysis of belief or religious doctrine. > " Jehovah " is a Christian approximation of a Hebrew text, but the > Hebrew text is never used in discussion. > > One does see references to " Father " in prayers, but that > normally isn't part of a discussion about Jewish belief, any > more than " hallelujah " isn't normally part of a discussion. > " Father " would be ambiguous because the patriarchs and > matriarchs are often referred as " our fathers " and " our > mothers " . > > What that means is that when one sees those terms in > descriptions of belief, they are very clearly part of Christian > philosophy or belief and not part of Jewish belief. A > discussion of " The Father " would clearly be Christian. > > JEWISH LAWS > > As far as trying to follow the Jewish laws, there are 613 of > them, which include the 10 commandments, as well as familiar > rules regarding Kosher food. Religious Jews will attempt to > follow those. Most of these are not an obligation for non-Jews > (according to Jewish law). There is no doctrine that following > these laws is a criteria for going to Heaven or Hell, and in > fact there is sparse belief in Heaven, and no belief in Hell. > > I hope that helped. > > - s > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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