A Popular Dictionary of Judaism
Rescue from destruction. The *Bible describes *God as the source of human redemption. He liberated the *Jews from slavery in Egypt and ultimately he will establish an everlasting *covenant.
The *Talmud teaches that redemption will come about through good deeds and *repentance. The agent of God’s redemption will be the *messiah; the land of *Israel will be restored to the Jewish people and, after a final judgment, all the righteous, both Jew and *gentile will be saved to live in God’s light forever. Although these beliefs in redemption are part of the *principles of the Jewish faith, in modern times redemption is more frequently understood in terms of the triumph of good over evil in this world. *Progressive Jews in particular tend to emphasize individual salvation as part of earthly human growth and development.
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