Babylonian Talmudic Judaism I think..........
Jhn 4:21
Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain,
nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Rev 17:5
And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “
Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”
Talmud - Wikipedia
The term "Talmud" normally refers to the collection of writings named specifically the
Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli), although there is also an earlier collection known as the
Jerusalem Talmud (
Talmud Yerushalmi).
[5] It may also traditionally be called
Shas (ש״ס), a
Hebrew abbreviation of
shisha sedarim, or the "six orders" of the
Mishnah.
Babylonian and Jerusalem
The process of "Gemara" proceeded in what were then the two major centers of Jewish scholarship,
Galilee and
Babylonia. Correspondingly, two bodies of analysis developed, and two works of Talmud were created. The older compilation is called the Jerusalem Talmud or the
Talmud Yerushalmi. It was compiled in the 4th century in Galilee. The Babylonian Talmud was compiled about the year 500, although it continued to be edited later. The word "Talmud", when used without qualification, usually refers to the Babylonian Talmud.
While the editors of Jerusalem Talmud and Babylonian Talmud each mention the other community, most scholars believe these documents were written independently;
Louis Jacobs writes, "If the editors of either had had access to an actual text of the other, it is inconceivable that they would not have mentioned this. Here the
argument from silence is very convincing."
[6]
==========================================
Religion in Israel - Wikipedia
Religion in Israel is a central feature of the country and plays a major role in shaping Israeli culture and lifestyle. Religion has played a central role in Israel's history.
Israel is also the only country in the world where a majority of citizens are
Jewish. According to the
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the population in 2011 was 75.4% Jewish, 20.6% Arab, and 4.1% minority groups.
[2] The religious affiliation of the Israeli population as of 2016
[1] was 74.7% Jewish, 17.7%
Muslim, 2.0%
Christian, and 1.6%
Druze, with the remaining 4.1% including faiths such as
Samaritanism and
Baha'iism, and
irreligious people with no faith.
[3][4]
Israel does not have a constitution. While the
Basic Laws of Israel that serve in place of a constitution define the country as a "
Jewish state", these Basic Laws, coupled with
Knesset statutes, decisions of the
Supreme Court of Israel, and various elements of the
common law current in Israel, offer some protection for free practice of religion in the country.
[5][6] Pew Research Center has identified Israel as one of the countries that places "high" restrictions on religion,
[7] and there have been limits placed on non-Orthodox streams of Judaism.
[8] Legal accommodation of the non-Jewish communities follows the pattern and practice of the Ottoman and British administrations, with some important modifications. Israeli law officially recognizes five religions[
citation needed], all belonging to the
Abrahamic family of religions:
Judaism,
Christianity,
Islam,
Druzeism, and the
Bahá'í Faith. Furthermore, the law formally recognizes ten separate
sects of Christianity: the
Roman,
Armenian,
Maronite,
Greek,
Syriac, and
Chaldean Catholic Churches; the
Eastern Orthodox Greek Orthodox Church; the
Oriental Orthodox Syriac Orthodox Church; the
Armenian Apostolic Church; and
Anglicanism.
[9][10] Relations among religious groups—between Jews and non-Jews, between Muslims and Christians, and among the different streams of Judaism, such as Orthodox, Reform and Conservative—are often strained.
[5]
==============================================
Israeli citizenship law - Wikipedia
Israeli citizenship law (
Hebrew: חוק האזרחות הישראלית) regulates who are and can become
citizens of
Israel.
The law rests on two
statutes; the
Law of Return enacted in 1950, allowing every Jew to immigrate to Israel, and the Citizenship act of 1952 that defines how Israeli nationality could be acquired and lost. The Law of Return has since been
amended twice and the Citizenship act 13 times.
[1]
The primary principles of Israeli citizenship is
jus sanguinis (citizenship by descent) for Jews and
jus soli (citizenship by place of birth) for others.
[2]
Apart from citizenship, there is another civil status which can be held by residents of Israel; the
permanent residency status (
Hebrew: תושב קבע
toshav keva). It is most common among
Syrian citizens of the
Golan Heights and among Arab
East Jerusalem residents, but it occurs also among other
non-citizens.
Legal definition of Jew
Main article:
Who is a Jew?
While the law of Return allowed every Jew to immigrate to Israel, it did not define "
Who is a Jew?" which brought on some legal issues such as the case of
Rufeisen v Minister of the Interior in 1962.
Oswald Rufeisen was a Polish Jew who had converted to
Catholicism and sought to immigrate to Israel. The Supreme Court ruled that by converting to another religion he had forfeited his right to return. This decision of the court would make its way into the second amendment of the Law of Return in 1970 in which "Jew" was defined:
4B. For the purposes of this Law, "Jew" means a person who was born of a Jewish mother or has become converted to Judaism and who is not a member of another religion.
This interpretation differs from Jewish religious law,
halakha in which a person born Jewish and a member of another religion would be considered a Jew.
================================
Law of Return - Wikipedia
Jewish ancestry amendment
The Law of Return was amended in 1970 to extend the right of return to some non-Jews.
[8][9] Amendment number 2, 4a, states:
The rights of a Jew under this Law and the rights of an oleh under the Nationality Law, 5712-1952***, as well as the rights of an oleh under any other enactment, are also vested in a child and a grandchild of a Jew, the spouse of a Jew, the spouse of a child of a Jew and the spouse of a grandchild of a Jew, except for a person who has been a Jew and has voluntarily changed his/her religion.
[10]
The law since 1970 applies to the following groups:
- Those born Jews according to the orthodox interpretation; having a Jewish mother or maternal grandmother.
- Those with Jewish ancestry - having a Jewish father or grandfather.
- Converts to Judaism (Orthodox, Reform, or Conservative denominations—not secular—though Reform and Conservative conversions must take place outside the state, similar to civil marriages).
- But Jews who have converted to another religion are not eligible to immigrate under the Law of Return, even though are still Jews according to halakha.
The 1970 amendment was induced by the debate on "
Who is a Jew?". Until then the law did not refer to the question. There are several explanations for the decision to be so inclusive. One is that as the
Nuremberg Laws did not use a
halakhic definition in its definition of "Who is a Jew", the Law of Return definition for citizenship eligibility is not
halakhic either. Another explanation is the 1968 wave of immigration from
Poland, following an
antisemitic campaign by the government. These immigrants were very assimilated and had many non-Jewish family members.
[11]
A second explanation is that in order to increase immigration levels so as to offset the "
demographic threat" posed by the growth of the Arab population, the law expanded the base group of those eligible to immigrate to Israel.
[12]
A third explanation promoted by religious Jews is that the overwhelmingly secular leadership in Israel sought to undermine the influence of religious elements in Israeli politics and society by allowing more secular Jews and their non-Jewish spouses to immigrate.
[13]
The Israeli Rabbinate is a purely Orthodox body that is far more strict in defining 'who is a Jew'. This creates a situation in which thousands of immigrants who are eligible for citizenship under the Law of Return's criteria, are ineligible for Jewish marriage by the Israeli Rabbinate.
[14]
As of 2008, 2,734,245 Jews have immigrated to Israel since 1950.
[15] Hundreds of thousands of people who do not have Jewish status under Orthodox Jewish interpretations of Halacha received Israeli citizenship, as the law confers citizenship to all offspring of a Jew (including grandchildren) and their spouses
=====================================
History of God's Holy Bible and the so-called Jews
The Etymology of the Word "Jew"
In his classic
Facts are Facts, Jewish historian, researcher and scholar Benjamin Freedman writes:
Jesus is referred as a so-called "Jew" for the first time in the New Testament in the 18th century. Jesus is first referred to as a so-called "Jew" in the revised 18th century editions in the English language of the 14th century first translations of the New Testament into English. The history of the origin of the word "Jew" in the English language leaves no doubt that the 18th century "Jew" is the 18th century contracted and corrupted English word for the 4th century Latin "Iudaeus" found in St. Jerome's Vulgate Edition. Of that there is no longer doubt.
What is a Jew?
Speaking to His elect Church Jesus said,
"I know your affliction and your poverty, but you have heavenly riches, and I know the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan . . . Take note, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, but are impostors who lie, to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you" (Revelation 2:9; 3:9).
Speaking to the so-called Jews who were of the sect of the Pharisees (or Judaism) Jesus said,
"You serpents, offspring of vipers, how can you escape being sentenced to hell fire? Therefore take notice, I will send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify; and some of whom you will flog in your synagogues, and persecute from town to town, that upon you may come all the righteous blood that has been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. I assure you, all these things shall come upon this race" (Matthew 23:33-36).
Jesus identified these so-called Jews as the descendants of Cain.
Speaking to Cain God said,
"What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to Me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand" (Genesis 4:10-11).
