Learning instead of fighting

Rabbinic Judaism was ar eaction to the destruction of the Jerusalem templea nd the disaster of the Bar-Kochba uprising in the 1 st and 2 nd century CE. Therabbinic movement concentrated on the teaching and learning of the Torah, the uttering of God'swill, which was intensively interpreted by the Rabbis.Not success in war, not political independence in aJ ewish state,not political poweroranimminent eschatological expectation should save and rescue Jewish identity,b ut the ambitious effort of learning and keeping the Torah up to date as a"wandering homeland". Often being aminority group,Judaism had to come to terms with majorities or other minorities finding aposition of acculturation, openness and self-assurance.New approaches and solutionsw ere basedo no ld experiences and traditions and enriched with actual necessities and ideas, developing an intellectual Judaism in adiasporic context.

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