Progressive Judaism

Progressive Judaism is an umbrella term for all strands of Judaism which do not view the oral law as binding. The terminology comes from seeing the Halakha ("Jewish law") as evolving through a progressive process of revelation, with some laws, as interpreted from scripture, being relevant for limited time periods. This is distinct from Halakhic Judaism (e.g. Orthodox Judaism), which believes that religious legislation was spontaneously revealed in its entirety, though written down and codified by Moses and others in later generations, making it binding for all time.

Related Topics:
Oral law - Halakha - Orthodox Judaism - Moses

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In the U.K. Reform Judaism and Liberal Judaism together make up Progressive Judaism.

Related Topics:
Reform Judaism - Liberal Judaism

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