Judaism Summary

Goal: Olam Ha'zeh ("this world")

Olam Haba ("world to come"), Gan Eden ("Garden of Eden" Paradise), Gehimom ("Purgatory")

 

Means: orthopraxy

Territory: good, praxis/material

"history" recording tension between suffering and resignation of Job, and hope and deliverance of Abraham, and of Olam Haba - future world to come 

new concept of Divinity

new concept of humanity - free will, contract with the Lord as Chosen People with responsibilities

obligation to follow the Lord's Laws

obligation to reason and act (midrash, orthopraxy, sin)

source of "evil"

obligation to suffer