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) 

 

 

  1. ____________________________________________________________The Christian Author of A History of the Jews

 

  1. ____________________________________________________________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: 

 

  1. ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________ 

 

  1. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. In cultures which practiced widespread infanticide, __________________________ were considered valuable &           

 

       __________________________ were considered disposable. 

 

  1. Aristotle: Every maimed or imperfect newborn child should be ___________________________. 

 

  1. ____________________________ The people who practiced the most human sacrifice (for theological reasons). 

 

  1. ____________________________ The people who had the worst motivation for human sacrifice (for human entertainment). 

 

  1. The 3 traditional ancient reasons for war: 

 

  1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. The ancient Golden Rule: Whoever has the ________________, makes the rules. 

 

  1. The great Roman Empire was _________% illiterate. 
  2. Hellenic-Greek (& Nipponese Samurai) philosophers & rulers promoted _____________________________ among the ranks of the  military.   

 

  1. Palladas: Marriage gives a man only 2 happy days, the day he takes his bride to _____________________________ 

         

          & the day he lays her in her _____________________________. 

 

  1. Propertius: I wish that all my enemies would fall in love with _________________ 

       

          & that all my friends would fall in love with __________________. 

 

  1. Suetonius: Julius Ceasar was every woman’s ________________ & every man’s ___________________.

 

  1. Genghis Khan: greatest happiness is to ________________ your enemies & to rape their ___________________ &  ______________________. 

 

*17- The Talmud: To save 1 life is tantamount to saving the whole _____________________________. 

 

  1. Jewish kings had to copy & carry a copy of the Torah to remind themselves that there is a ________________________ of kings. 

 

  1. The 3 Qualifications for Membership in the Yisraelite Sanhedrin: 

 

  1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

*20- The 11th Commandment of Judaism: Thou shalt go to ____________________________. 

 

*21- Rambam/Maimonides:  _____________________ or _____________________ any Jewish city that doesn’t have schools for children.   

 

  1. Jewish men are obligated to mate with their wives; to do otherwise is a ground for ____________________. 

 

  1. 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. 

 

  1. God’s expectation for the Chosen People: the responsibility to _____________________ the world (tikkun olam). 

 

  1. 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)