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2) I'm of Jewish descent, and if I were a practicing Jew
(rather than<br>
a rather poorly practicing Catholic) I would take strong
offense at<br>
your characterization of the Torah. That is a Christian's view
of the<br>
Torah, but not a Jew's.<br>
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Not since the end of the Second Temple, certainly. Point
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I took Matthew's post to be speaking from the POV of a Christian
theology to the exclusion of others.<br>
Albeit, it must be admitted that his characterization was originally
defined by Jews who happened to believe that Jesus was the Jewish
promised savior. <br>
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And, as I was instructed by an Orthodox Jew, modern Judaism was born
in the 2nd century to continue Jewish traditions in absence of a
Temple and in conscious response to Christians.<br>
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u+16b9<br>
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