Spinoza

Question 1

Baruch Spinoza (is)

Answer 1

Is easily one of the most controversial thinkers
in the history of Western thought. For the past few hundred years, the Jewish community has
continuously debated over his status—is he a Jew or not? During his life, and since then, he has
been denied his Jewish heritage based on Orthodox conceptions of what it means to be Jewish.

Question 2

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Answer 2

Jewish experience are not predicated upon their singular vision.

Question 3

Spinoza’s philosophy were that

Answer 3

“the Torah was not a divine revelation but rather written by
man,” and that “God was identical with nature.”5 From these, further notions of Spinoza’s faith
were derived. The synonymity of God and nature would naturally lead to the “denial of divine
authorship” of Jewish scripture, which is a vexing issue.6

Question 4

Placing God

Answer 4

and nature as synonymous, according to Orthodox beliefs, conflicts with the
“true” conception of God. While Orthodox Jews refer to God as H’, an abbreviation of the
tetragrammaton,7 Goldstein’s teacher refused to use that name in reference to the God of
Spinoza.8 She believed that, even if Spinoza truly believed in a God, it would not be the Jewish
God.9 This is owed to the Jewish creationist account of the universe:

Question 5

one point belife

Answer 5

Stop praying and giving yourselves blows on your chests, what I want you to do is to go out into the world to enjoy your life.

Question 6

What do some believe that Spinoza is

Answer 6

Spinoza is an atheist. menaing does not belive in the existence of god