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Judaism on Romantic Love. Judaism treasures the love of husband and wife and surely knows the power and attraction of romantic love. Judaism gave the world the Bible and the Psalms and the Song of Songs. It knew of love and sang of love, but not of the "pure love" that is never consummated—there is no "Romeo and Juliet" in Jewish literature.
There’s a common misconception that Judaism is a religion of law and Christianity is a religion of love. But the very love commandments at the heart of Jesus’s teaching are direct quotes from Deuteronomy 6. Jesus, after all, was Jewish.
JUDAISM (̓Ιουδαϊσμῷ, KJV the Jews’ religion). This Gr. word occurs only twice (Gal 1:13, 14) in the Bible, in reference to the belief and life of the Jews. Judaism may be described as the religion of the Jews in contrast to that of the OT, although recognizing that it is firmly rooted in OT religious attitudes and practices ...
Judaism's philosophy of sexual experience, love, and marriage begins with the Bible's first recorded paragraphs describing Adam 's relations with Eve. This philosophy has weathered every new fad and every radical style that boldly declared its doctrine to the world, from the celibacy of Augustine to the free love of Bertrand Russell.
Judaism offers a variety of views regarding the love of God, love among human beings, and love for non-human animals. Love is a central value in Jewish ethics and Jewish theology. Love among human beings. One of the core commandments of Judaism is "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18).
The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism-but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as a formal commandment. Yet most people today think of love as a feeling.
The first to attempt to formulate Jewish principles of faith was Philo of Alexandria in the 1st century CE. He enumerated five articles: God is and rules; God is one; the world was created by God; Creation is one, and God's providence rules Creation.
