... elaborated in the rabbinic tradition, that through study, prayer and observance the individual Jew could achieve salvation while still waiting for God to bring about the Messianic redemption of all Israel. Thus institutionally the synagogue and the rabbinic study have replaced the destroyed Temple- Jews dispersed ... , modernization of Judaism took the form of cultural and ethnic nationalism- It emphasized the national language and the creation of a modern secular literature and culture, thus aiding the development of the secular ideology of Zionism (the creation of a modern Jewish societ...

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