RELI 2732 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Maimonides, Isaac Luria, Jewish Mysticism
19 Jun 2015
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Judaism is the oldest of the great monotheistic (believing in one god) faiths. Hear, o israel: the lord is our god, the lord alone. You shall love the lord your god with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that i am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. The early judaist tribes pay homage (give special honour) to one god alone. The bible makes it clear that their god holds the people equally exclusive to him bound by a secret covenant.
