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To: lifelongsoldier
What is wrong with Judaism as practiced by the Karites? Are they any less Jewish?

The Karaite sect was established at about the same time that Islam was spreading throughout the Mideast. The founder of the sect, Hanan, was angry that he was not elected Resh Gelutha (Leader of the Exile Community), so he rejected all of rabbinic law and went off and founded his own schismatic sect. He followed the doctrine of the Sadducees, although the Sadducee sect became extinct after the Roman destruction of Judea.

The Karaites split off from the main faith of Judaism just as Christianity did. They are not any more Jewish than Seventh Day Adventists.

279 posted on 05/17/2005 8:35:48 PM PDT by Alouette (Muslims bite the hand that feeds them, and kiss the boot that kicks them.)
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To: Alouette

Your historical splitting of Karaite hairs may be true, but just remember...

We are all god's children !


282 posted on 05/17/2005 8:39:11 PM PDT by Red Sea Swimmer (Tisha5765Bav)
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To: Alouette

"the Sadducee sect became extinct after the Roman destruction of Judea"

True. But did the Pharisees recognize them as fellow Jews at the time? They had sharp disagreement, but I've never read that one was rejected by the other as being Jewish.


293 posted on 05/17/2005 9:11:13 PM PDT by Praxeus
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To: Alouette
The Karaites split off from the main faith of Judaism just as Christianity did. They are not any more Jewish than Seventh Day Adventists.

I wouldn't go that far. I'd say the difference between Karaites and the rest of Jews is about that between Catholics and the various Protestant churches. A significantly different take on Judaism, but still Jewish.

294 posted on 05/17/2005 9:38:15 PM PDT by Celtjew Libertarian (Shake Hands with the Serpent: Poetry by Charles Lipsig aka Celtjew http://books.lulu.com/lipsig)
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To: Alouette; lifelongsoldier
How are Karaites any less "Jewish" than Saducees/Zadokim? If I remember correctly, Pharasees/Perushim. only became a majority in Roman occupied Israel after Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakhai re-established the Sanhedrin in Yavneh, with Roman approval. Diaspora Jewish communities were still mixed and until recently the B'nei Yisrael of Ethiopia were not Rabbinates/Pharasees.

The Karaites split off from the main faith of Judaism just as Christianity did. They are not any more Jewish than Seventh Day Adventists.
1. Do you consider Conservative/Masorti and Reform/Liberal Rabbinates to be Jewish?
2. Wouldn't the Samaritans/Shomronim, who are clearly not Jewish, be a better example? They broke with Judaism, as opposed to Christian sects, that broke from other Christian sects.

298 posted on 05/17/2005 10:00:28 PM PDT by rmlew (Copperheads and Peaceniks beware! Sedition is a crime.)
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