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EDITORIAL
Judaism is a diaspora religion historically and was--unlike both of its daughter religions, Christianity and Islam--always both a minority religion and never in its own land. This allowed it to develop unique doctrinal tools to flourish in many different societies whose social, religious, or politic...
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Published in: | The Journal of law and religion 2017-03, Vol.32 (1), p.1 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | Judaism is a diaspora religion historically and was--unlike both of its daughter religions, Christianity and Islam--always both a minority religion and never in its own land. This allowed it to develop unique doctrinal tools to flourish in many different societies whose social, religious, or political cultures it might not agree with.Five doctrines of Jewish law are immediately apparent as relevant to this question of living as a diasporic minority. |
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ISSN: | 0748-0814 2163-3088 |
DOI: | 10.1017/jlr.2017.24 |