Judaism towards human sexuality
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2019.006Keywords
Judaism, human being, body, sex, sexuality, man, womanAbstract
The starting point in the Jewish religion for all reflections on the subject of the body, and hence also on sexuality, is the biblical image of man as "imago Dei". Thus in Judaism there are no forms of duality in which there would be an aporia between the flesh and the spiritual. Judaism teaches that man is primarily created in the image and likeness of God, and at the same time he is by nature a gifted being. As such, it enters into relations both with the Creator and with other human beings. Thus in Judaism there is a connection between human sexuality and the human sociality, and these dimensions in turn have their reference to God. Three dimensions of human existence (human sexuality, human sociality, human sanctity) condition each other. The Jewish religion clearly shows that the sphere of the human sexuality has gone through the path of socialization and spiritualization. Halacha – Jewish law regulates the life of a Jew in such detail and in such a way that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish a religious field from a secular one, a spiritual one from a physical one, a transcendent one from an immanent one. Everything has its reference to God. In Judaism, the whole man, and not only a part of it, is good. The presented article will show teaching Judaism about human sexuality in the light of traditional sources of Judaism: Torah, Talmud and the codices of Jewish law.
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