>>it's primarily pragmatic and it's heavily focused on this world. Belief in an afterlife is strictly optional and there's no notion of salvation or original sin.
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>"primarily pragmatic".. I know what you mean and I do have personal identity with this..
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>not mention salvation and focused on "original sin".. It isn't that same value present on Genesis (our same book)?

In Judaism, we see Adam and Eve being punished for their behavior, but we don't assume that everyone thereafter is condemned for the behavior of Adam and Eve.

Also, we don't tend to focus on that story much. Jewish study is much more interested in Abraham and his descendants.

Tamar