A New Understanding of Judaism (For REL 201 class)
As someone with a Christian background, I can honestly say I had never contemplated what it meant to be Jewish. Anti-Semitism is something I myself have never encountered. This has, of course, been something I have heard about and read about, but never really "thought" much about. My understanding of Judaism came from my "Christian" education. This education included that the Jews (Hebrews) were God's chosen, albeit misguided, people. The fact that they were collectively responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus was taught in Sunday school, but as this was part of God's plan, and their actions did not change their status as God's Chosen, then they were basically okay. However, as I did the research for this essay, I began to realized how very full of ourselves we Christians tend to be. I also discovered that my understanding of what it meant to be Jewish was extremely limited. I am going to contrast and......
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