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Originally Posted by RabbiO
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It has been a long held tenet in Judaism that the righteous of all nations have a share in what is referred to as olam ha-bah, the world to come. In other words one does not need to be Jewish to find favor with the divine.
That said, there was a long period of time when Judaism actively sought converts - and apparently were quite successful - as noted in uncomplementary writings from such as Tacitus and even in Christian scripture (Mark 23:15).
There are reasons why this changed after 135 C.E. and became a more discouraging practice, but I need not go into that here.
B'shalom,
Peter
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BUT...if anyone is interested, I think it is very touching to see the hope & spirit of the people described briefly & archived here in coin stamping...
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/...ondRevolt.html
l'shalom,
7L