Rigid adherence to ritual law destroyed originality among ancient Jews
Evidence
Their ritual peculiarities held them together as a nation, but emphasis on the Law gradually destroyed originality and made them intensely conservative. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1237
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1237
- XREF: connects to: Ancient Jewish prophets were innovators rather than restorers of past strictness — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1216; New Hebrew culture aimed to recreate identity and critique the past. — David Ohana, David Maisel , The Origins of Israeli…, 113; Hostility toward pagan learning persisted within the Church for centuries — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1508 (+5 more)
Library Connections
- New Hebrew culture aimed to recreate identity and critique the past.
#complicates(0.40) — David Ohana, David Maisel , The Origins of Israeli…, 113 - Hostility toward pagan learning persisted within the Church for centuries
#complicates(0.30) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1508
Broader Connections
- Doctrinal inflexibility within Orthodoxy undermined defense against the Ottomans
#corroborates(0.60) — Ali Qureshi, The Fall of Constantinople, 24 - Cyrus allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem after Babylonian captivity.
#qualifies(0.35) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 447