baruch spinoza Flashcards
1
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who was Baruch Spinoza
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- son of an expelled father from Portugal
2
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what were the ideas of Baruch
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stopped following all the Jewish laws and he also had some shocking ideas which were seen as sacrilegious (against your religion) to his teachers.
3
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did Spinoza believe in Jewish law
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no, He claimed that men could serve G-D simply by being righteous and just to their fellow men.
4
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what did the rabbis do to Baruch Spinoza
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His ideas seemed to threaten Jewish unity and survival.
In 1656, the rabbis excommunicated him.
