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Lesson 11

Dialogue with the Jewish Community

Even though the Catholic Faith has its deepest roots in the Jewish Faith, there are fundamental differences.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Church History New Testament World Religions
Essential Lessons

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Lesson Vocabulary

  • New Testament
    :
    (n.) The 27 books of the Bible written by the sacred authors in apostolic times that have Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God, as their central theme.
  • Christ
    :
    (n.): Anointed one, from the Greek Christos.
  • Blasphemy
    :
    (n.): Speech, thought, or action involving contempt, hatred, or defiance against God, His Church, or the saints or other persons or things dedicated to God.
  • Septuagint
    :
    (n.): The pre-Christian Greek translation of the Old Testament books made by Jewish scholars and later adopted by Greek-speaking Christians.
  • Mishnah
    :
    (n.): The edited record of Rabbinic teachings and Jewish oral tradition, compiled at the beginning of the third century AD.
  • Germara
    :
    (n.): The Jewish book of rabbinical commentaries and analysis of the Mishnah.
  • Talmud
    :
    (n.): Central text of Jewish law and theology, comprised of the Mishnah and the Gemara, and the central source of Jewish cultural life until modern times.
  • Rabbinic Judaism
    :
    (adj.): Relating to rabbis and their teachings.
  • Mitzvoth
    :
    (n.): Any of the 613 commandments regarding prescriptions for God’s covenant with the Jewish people, reinterpreted after the Romans destroyed the Temple in AD 70. (plural of Mitzvah)
  • Orthodox Judaism
    :
    (n.): The most traditional form of Judaism, which can be subdivided between the ultra-Orthodox, or the Haredi, and the Modern Orthodox. As heirs of ancient Judaism, the ultra- Orthodox strive to live as faithfully as possible the letter of the law such as it has been handed down over the ages. The Modern Orthodox seek to harmonize traditional observance of Jewish law with modern society.
  • Conservative Judaism
    :
    (n.): The practice of Judiasm concerned with following the law while making allowances for contemporary culture.
  • Reform Judaism
    :
    (n.): The nominally Jewish denomination which deemphasizes adherance to Jewish law, rejects the authorty of the Talmud, no longer looks for a Messiah, and promotes social causes that contradict Judeo-Christian morality (such as abortion rights).
  • Anti-Semitism
    :
    (n.): An attitude of hatred toward Jews and discrimination against them as a religious or ethnic group.
  • Shoah
    :
    (n.): The Jewish name for the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime.

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