Judaism has played a significant role in the development of Western culture because of its unique relationship with Christianity, the dominant religious force in the West
What significant role did Judaism have in the west?
200
Mordecai Kaplan
Who is the founder of Judaism?
300
Jewish liberation from the shackles of discrimination, segregation, and rejection at the beginning of the modern era was understood by many to be the touchstone of all human liberty.
What was the liberation of the Jews understood as?
300
One of the major movements of Judaism, believing that Jewish law comes from God and can not be changed
What is Orthodox Judaism?
400
St. Jerome translated the Hebrew Bible into Latin with the aid of Jewish scholars
Who translated the Hebrew bible into Latin?
400
In the midst of the turbulent events of the intertestamental period institutions, groups beliefs, and sentiments developed that were to affect both classical Judaism and early Christianity
What did the groups and institutions affect?
500
Jewish thinkers helped to bring the remarkable intellectual achievements of the Islamic world to Christian Europe and added their own contributions as well.
What did the Jewish thinkers bring to Christian Europe?
500
Accepts the binding nature of Jewish law, but believing that the law can change