WHAT THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THE STUDY OF JUDAISM ARE RAISED BY THE HOLOCAUST?
The Jewish people have always considered themselves as God's chosen people and have
undergone a lot of traumatic oppression throughout their life.
Evolving out of a common religion, they have developed customs, culture and an ethical
system which identified them as Jews regardless of their individual religious attitudes.
There is a pattern evident in which the Jews have been cast as victims. The first sign of
oppression noted in Jewish history according to the Hebrew scriptures, was the time in
ancient years when the Jews were held in captivity by the Egyptians as slaves. Moses's
escape with the children of Israel marked the crucial transition in the history of Judaism.
This event is known as the Exodus. The Exodus experience can be called the key event'
both in Jewish history......
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