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Essay on Judaism and its Growth

Baal Shem Tov-(1700-60) Founder of Hasidism,”Master of the good name’
Conservative Judaism- religious movement reacting against the liberalism of
Reform Judaism. Attempts to balance tradition with change.
Dead sea scrolls- ancient scrolls found near Qumran hidden by a Jewish
Eschatological sect.
Eschatology-Theory of the last days or end of time, associated with God’s
Judgement, the messianic era the resurrection of the dead, and the kingdom of
God to come.
Essenes- A Jewish sect usually associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Kabbalah- Lit. means ‘tradition’ but has become a type of Jewish Mysticism
Karaites- 8th-12th century jewish sect that rejected the oral...

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