Huston Smith wrote: "What lifted the Jews from obscurity to permanent religious greatness was their passion for meaning." In the follow essay, please refer to the text and write a brief paragraph each on 4 of the following themes

Huston Smith wrote: “What lifted the Jews from obscurity to permanent religious greatness was their passion for meaning.” In the follow essay, please refer to the text and write a brief paragraph each on 4 of the following themes: (CHOOSE FOUR)
*Meaning in God
*Meaning in Creation
*Meaning in Human Existence
*Meaning in History
*Meaning in Morality
*Meaning in Justice
*Meaning in Suffering
*Meaning in Messianism
2- Please summarize Huston Smith’s discussion of “Revelation” in the assigned chapter. What is revelation and what kind of God was revealed?
3-What does it mean to say that the Jews are God’s “Chosen People” according to Smith? What tensions does this identification raise, according to Smith?
4-Smith argues that there have been “two agonizing problems for the Jews” in the Twentieth century.  Please state what they are.  What makes these particular problems especially difficult for Judaism?

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