WORLD PERFECT = UNIVERSALLY DESIRED VALUES from JUDAISM
(http://www.aish.com/sem/wp/) (http://www.aish.com/sem/wp/Part_1_Key_Values_for_a_Perfect_World.html)
(http://kenspiro.com/article/world-perfect-the-jewish-impact-on-civilization/)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QqsA6aqRzo)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRqfd34ZaB8)
- ____________________________________________________________The Christian Author of A History of the Jews.
- ____________________________________________________________The Jewish Author of World Perfect.
*3- The 6 ostensibly Universal Values that Judaism (the Mosheic faith of Yisrael) contributed to world civilization.
(God-HaShem revealed these values to the whole world via the Yisraelite people who recorded them in the TanakhBible; these virtues were then promulgated around the globe by Jewish people & Christian missionaries):
*a- ___________________________________________________________________________________________
*b- ___________________________________________________________________________________________
*c- ___________________________________________________________________________________________
*d- ___________________________________________________________________________________________
*e- ___________________________________________________________________________________________
*f- ___________________________________________________________________________________________
4- The 3 Ancient Reasons for Infanticide:
- ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________
- ___________________________________________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________________________________________
- In cultures which practiced widespread infanticide, __________________________ were considered valuable &
__________________________ were considered disposable.
- Aristotle: Every maimed or imperfect newborn child should be ___________________________.
- ____________________________ The people who practiced the most human sacrifice (for theological reasons).
- ____________________________ The people who had the worst motivation for human sacrifice (for human entertainment).
- The 3 traditional ancient reasons for war:
- ____________________________________________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________________________________________
- The ancient Golden Rule: Whoever has the ________________, makes the rules.
- The great Roman Empire was _________% illiterate.
- Hellenic-Greek (& Nipponese Samurai) philosophers & rulers promoted _____________________________ among the ranks of the military.
- Palladas: Marriage gives a man only 2 happy days, the day he takes his bride to _____________________________
& the day he lays her in her _____________________________.
- Propertius: I wish that all my enemies would fall in love with _________________
& that all my friends would fall in love with __________________.
- Suetonius: Julius Ceasar was every woman’s ________________ & every man’s ___________________.
- Genghis Khan: greatest happiness is to ________________ your enemies & to rape their ___________________ & ______________________.
*17- The Talmud: To save 1 life is tantamount to saving the whole _____________________________.
- Jewish kings had to copy & carry a copy of the Torah to remind themselves that there is a ________________________ of kings.
- The 3 Qualifications for Membership in the Yisraelite Sanhedrin:
- ____________________________________________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________________________________________
- ____________________________________________________________________________________________
*20- The 11th Commandment of Judaism: Thou shalt go to ____________________________.
*21- Rambam/Maimonides: _____________________ or _____________________ any Jewish city that doesn’t have schools for children.
- Jewish men are obligated to mate with their wives; to do otherwise is a ground for ____________________.
- Denis Prager: The Jewish-inspired boundaries/limitations on sexual activity (that is, monogamous heterosexual marriage)
made the development/advancement of ______________________________ civilization possible.
*24- Leviticus-Vaykhra 19:16b: Do not stand by your neighbor’s __________________. In other words, don’t stand still &
allow someone else to ______________________. In more words, you must actively do _____________________.
*25- Leviticus-Vaykhra 19:18: The Greatest Commandment: Love your ________________ as you _____________ yourself.
*26- Thomas Huxley: The Bible is the Magna Carta of the _____________________ & ________________________.
*27- The single, greatest Jewish contribution to the world: Ethical _____________________________.
*This consists of 1 __________________ & 1 Standard of __________________________ for everyone, instead of Polytheism in which different, competing deities often demand contradictory things from the same believer.
- God’s expectation for the Chosen People: the responsibility to _____________________ the world (tikkun olam).
- God calls the Chosen People to be: a ______________________ to the nations (Yeshayahu-Isaiah 42:6b; 49:6b).
JEWISH THEOLOGY
*There is only one God who works on earth through historical events & who has chosen the Yisraelites to be his human Agents.
*Rebbi Mosheh ben Maimon/Maimonides/Rambam’s 13 Main Points of Jewish Theology:
*God (HaShem) Exists.
*There is only 1 God (HaShem).
*God (HaShem) is a Spirit & has no Body.
*God (HaShem) is Eternal.
*God (HaShem) is the only Person who should be Worshipped.
*God (HaShem) has Revealed God’s self through the Prophets/Neviyim.
*Mosheh is the Principal Prophet of God (HaShem).
*God’s (HaShem’s) Law/Torah was Given by God (HaShem) to the Yisraelites via Mosheh on Mount Sinai.
*God’s (HaShem’s) Law/Torah is Immutable.
*God (HaShem) knows what People will do in Advance.
*Good will be Rewarded & Evil will be Punished Eventually by God (HaShem).
*God’s (HaShem’s) Mashiakh/Messiah/Anointed One will Come Eventually.
*God (HaShem) will Raise the Righteous People from the Netherworld/Sheol.
*7 Noahide Laws for all of Humanity (Babylonian Talmud Sanhedrin & Yerushalayim Talmud Tosefta Avodah Zarah): *Don’t worship false deities. [Respect God the Creator.]
*Don’t curse God. [Respect God’s name.]
*Don’t murder. [Respect the sanctity of human life.]
*Don’t commit sexual immorality. [Respect marriage.]
*Don’t eat part of a live animal. [Respect all living beings.]
*Don’t steal. [Respect other people’s property.]
*Establish courts of law. [Ensure justice.]
*TANAKH – 3 Parts: Torah, Neviyim, Khetuvim
*Why so much Jealousy & Hatred? (Dennis Prager, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, John Loftus)
*Christ Killer Theology – Deicide
*Supersessionism – the Christian Covenant (New Testament) Replaces the Yisraelite Covenant (Old Testament)
*Us versus Them Theology – Scriptures written during Era of Christian Expulsion from Beitot Knessot
*Wealth – Banking/Usury in Medieval Europe to Launch Capitalism
*Health – Biblical/Levitical Hygiene during Bubonic Plagues/Black Death
*Education – Mandatory Literacy via the Bar Mitzvah tradition & now Bat Mitzvah
*World Perfect (Rabbi Ken Spiro) inspired by (Paul Johnson)
