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<blockquote data-quote="brian" data-source="post: 2255238" data-attributes="member: 209649">It depends on the type of Judaism. For example, there are some very legalistic versions of Judaism, there are more progressive types, and then there&#039;s Kabbalah, which looks at the Tanakh a metaphorical. While they don&#039;t believe Jesus was the &quot;Savior,&quot; many do believe he was a prophet. One of their main texts is the Tanakh (Torah/books of Moses, books of laws, and the books of the prophets), which is basically the Christian Old Testament. I&#039;ve been in the situation you are in now of finding a religion and, after reading a lot about different religions, I&#039;ve essentially decided not to have one, but rather come closest to Rabbi Zalman said, &quot;I see myself as a Jewish practitioner of generic religion.&quot; I suppose, in many respects I come close to &quot;Ecstatic Kabbalah,&quot; though.Wikipedia and books are your friends. Try &quot;A History of God&quot; by Karen Armstrong and &quot;God is a Verb&quot; by David A. Cooper.Good luck!Edit: yes, Black Rabbit, we know there are problems with every religion and atheism, simply because there are always people twisting things into strange ways. You do not answer the question (what is the basic belief of Judaism?) by attacking Judaism. It&#039;s like asking &quot;what is atheism?&quot; and receiving the answer, &quot;God is real. Don&#039;t lose faith.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brian, post: 2255238, member: 209649"] It depends on the type of Judaism. For example, there are some very legalistic versions of Judaism, there are more progressive types, and then there's Kabbalah, which looks at the Tanakh a metaphorical. While they don't believe Jesus was the "Savior," many do believe he was a prophet. One of their main texts is the Tanakh (Torah/books of Moses, books of laws, and the books of the prophets), which is basically the Christian Old Testament. I've been in the situation you are in now of finding a religion and, after reading a lot about different religions, I've essentially decided not to have one, but rather come closest to Rabbi Zalman said, "I see myself as a Jewish practitioner of generic religion." I suppose, in many respects I come close to "Ecstatic Kabbalah," though. Wikipedia and books are your friends. Try "A History of God" by Karen Armstrong and "God is a Verb" by David A. Cooper. Good luck! Edit: yes, Black Rabbit, we know there are problems with every religion and atheism, simply because there are always people twisting things into strange ways. You do not answer the question (what is the basic belief of Judaism?) by attacking Judaism. It's like asking "what is atheism?" and receiving the answer, "God is real. Don't lose faith." [/QUOTE]

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