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Definition of Conservative judaism
1. Noun. Jews who keep some of the requirements of the Mosaic law but allow for adaptation of other requirements (as some of the dietary laws) to fit modern circumstances.
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Member holonyms: Conservative Jew
2. Noun. Beliefs and practices of Conservative Jews.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conservative Judaism
Literary usage of Conservative judaism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New by Peter Wiernik (1912)
"conservative judaism AND ITS STAND AGAINST REFORM. ... He was an able exponent
of conservative Judaism and was the founder of the "Jewish Messenger" (1857), ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"conservative judaism believes in the divine Moses (the lawgiver) to Moses (Mendelssohn)
there never arose one like Moses (Mai- ..."
3. Jewish Theology: Systematically and Historically Considered by Kaufmann ( Kohler (1918)
"At the same time I endeavored to be, as it behooves the historian, just and fair
to conservative judaism, which will ever claim the reverence we owe to our ..."
4. Judaism at Rome: B. C. 76 to A. D. 140 by Frederic Huidekoper (1876)
"Wealthy aud conservative Judaism may have rendered it an unpromising field for
him, and may, when the Apocalypse was written, have seemed to its author ..."
5. Finding Common Ground: A First Amendment Guide to Religion & Public Educationedited by Charles Haynes edited by Charles Haynes (1997)
"Tradition and Change: The Development of conservative judaism. New York: Burning
Bush Press, 1958 (reprinted in 1970). 27. Developments within the Roman ..."
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