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yeah a jewish blogger would be useful
since i was in a Christian denomination that observed Jewish holidays, you'll have to settle for me.
altars -- Old TEstament finally said, and the Jews returning from Babylonian exile made it into inexorable Law.
The only place for sacrifice is the Temple in Jerusalem, where the Al Aqsa mosque sits now -- (actuallu al Aqsa sits to the side, but it's the only name I know) -- Jews await the day when the new temple is built so they can again sacrifice and Messiah again can come (fundamentalist Christians also see this as a necessity so the the "abomination of desolation" can again "sit in the holy place" and Christ can return -- this is a seed of the troubles over there).
Since there is presently no temple, there can be no sacrifices.
Regarding Jewish scripture -- the Old Testament is the base; then the Talmud is commentary on that, with "Midrash", or extrapolations on the various passages.
The Pentateuch is the five books of Moses, the Torah, or the Law: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Then come histories, such as Joshua, Judges, Kings. This is part of the Psalms, I believe, which also includes such books a Psalms (of course), Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job, Ruth, Ezra, Nehemiah and such. Then come the Prophets, which is easy to recognize - Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Daniel, Jonah, Zephaniah, Zechariah, Malachi and such.
Now, the Hebrew Old Testament has a different order of books than the Christian New Testament, which puts Malachi at the end, with a hinting at the Messiah to come, so that we have something of a introduction to the New Testament.
That should help some.
posted by
Xeno-x
on October 10, 2005 at 9:25 AM
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gomedome
I guess we have to wait for a Jewish blogger to show up and help answer the question. Are there any here?
posted by
kooka_lives
on October 9, 2005 at 9:25 AM
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kooka_lives -- you are right but only technically
The Torah is based on the first 5 books of the bible but the Talmud is the document containng the life guiding precepts.
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gomedome
on October 9, 2005 at 9:14 AM
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Okay
I am right about the Torah
http://www.jewfaq.org/torah.htm
So the question in my post is still valid.
posted by
kooka_lives
on October 9, 2005 at 9:11 AM
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gomedome
No I am not, that is one reason why I am asking the question. What is the Torah itself? I do not know much about their beliefs but form what I understood they followed the Old Testament, although it seems like they call it the Torah. Most of their faith is based on ideas from the stories in the Old Testament, so how are their versions of the stories different from the Christian versions? This is something I would be interested in learning.
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kooka_lives
on October 9, 2005 at 9:08 AM
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Kooka -- are you sure about this?
I mean the part about Jews following the old testament. It is my understanding that they do not even recognize the bible. Instead adhering to precepts as found in the Torah, together with the Talmud, which is a commentary on the Torah.
posted by
gomedome
on October 9, 2005 at 8:41 AM
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