Judaism: Religion and Religious Pluralism

What Judaism: Religion and Religious Pluralism covers

Judaism: migration, life in a plural society and the standing of other faiths. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Judaism as their chosen religion.

The 2 subtopics

Each one has its own page.

• Judaism, Migration and PluralismRecall questions on how migration built the community in Britain, its diversity, the law on religious freedom and the pressures on Jewish thought.Open →
• Maybaum and Rubenstein on the HolocaustRecall questions on Maybaum's churban, remnant and suffering servant, Rubenstein's death of God and what became of the Covenant, and how the two responses to the Holocaust differ.Open →

What you need to know

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Commonly confused

Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.

• Noahide laws vs The 613 mitzvot

  Noahide laws: the seven commandments held to bind all humanity. The 613 mitzvot: the commandments held to bind Jews specifically.

• Chosenness vs Superiority

  Chosenness: election for a particular covenantal responsibility. Superiority: a claim of greater worth, which the tradition distinguishes from election.

• Ger tzedek vs Ger toshav

  Ger tzedek: a righteous convert who has fully joined the people. Ger toshav: a resident non-Jew who keeps the Noahide laws.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   How has migration contributed to the presence of Judaism in Britain?

   Model answer

   Migration has created multicultural societies which include Judaism, leading to the development and establishment of Jewish communities in Britain over time.

2. 2

   Is the Jewish community in Britain uniform or diverse?

   Model answer

   There is diversity within the Jewish community in Britain, encompassing different traditions, practices, and levels of observance.

3. 3

   What status does freedom of religion have under European law?

   Model answer

   Freedom of religion is recognised as a human right in European law.

4. 4

   What factors in contemporary society have influenced Jewish thought?

   Model answer

   The context of multicultural societies, freedom of religion, and religious pluralism has influenced Jewish thought.

5. 5

   What does Pluralistic Judaism address?

   Model answer

   Pluralistic Judaism is a concept that addresses relationships between different traditions within Judaism.

6. 6

   Beyond internal Jewish relations, what else does Pluralistic Judaism have implications for?

   Model answer

   Pluralistic Judaism has implications for relationships between Judaism and other faiths.

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What does Judaism: Religion and Religious Pluralism cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?

2 subtopics: judaism, migration and pluralism and maybaum and rubenstein on the holocaust. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Judaism: Religion and Religious Pluralism organised?

By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.