ABSTRACT

Judaism is nowhere compressed within a set of articles or a book. Until the twelfth century there was no formulated Jewish creed beyond the brief statement in Deut. Scepticism of every kind, whether in relation to Christianity or Judaism, will always find its exponents. It is, however, for the believing Christian to expound Christianity, and for the believing Jew to expound Judaism. Judaism, then, conceived apart from those traditional ritual observances, which are intended to distinguish the Jewish community from other bodies, is Monotheism, supplemented by an ethical code which has never ceased to develop itself. The Feast of Passover, as the festival of liberty commemorating the origin of Israel, would not be ignored in any religion which had an historic connection with Judaism. Judaism has never stood still. It has always assimilated to itself the results of scientific inquiry.