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    Answer Booklet Judaism

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    * the contribution to Judaism of ONE significant person or school of thought‚ other than Abraham or Moses‚ drawn from: * Isaiah * Hillel (and Shamai) * Beruriah * Rabbi Solomon Isaac (Rashi) * Moses Maimonides * Kabbalah * The Hassidim * Moses Mendelssohn * Abraham Geiger * Rabbi Isaac Abraham Hacohen Kook (Rav Kook) * Jewish Feminism * another person or school of thought significant to Judaism * the effect of that person OR school of thought on JudaismEthics * ONE

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    On Christianity

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    From The Philosophy of Enlightenment - The Christian Burgess and the Enlightenment by Lucien Goldmann On Enlightenment v. Christianity: “It is both easy and difficult to speak of the relation between the Enlightenment and Christianity.” (Goldmann 50) “In analyzing the conflict with the Church we must always remember that the attacks the Enlightenment was making on Christian belief were not attacks on the faith of the pre-bourgeois period‚ the faith that built cathedrals and preached the crusades

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    Judaism and Hebrew Bible

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    Judaism is one of the world’s oldest religions still practiced. It originated in the beliefs‚ practices‚ and experiences of the ancient Israelites. Today‚ Judaism is practiced by millions of Jews living in every inhabited continent. The central belief of Judaism is that there is a single God who created the universe‚ cares about humanity‚ and wants people to live moral lives. This belief‚ called ethical monotheism‚ spread from Judaism to Christianity and Islam. It is one of the main reasons

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    Struggles In Christianity

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    Contemporary Struggles within Christianity All three of the western religions mentioned have unique struggles that divide the religions and cause some level of conflict. The inward problem within Christianity can be split between two major concerns. The lack of biblical knowledge and the lack of fellowship fellowship are the concern. Aside from culturally based divisions‚ Judaism’s conflicts seem to stem from the pressures of modern society. Some Christians do not have the knowledge of the Bible

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    to rebel and try to separate the church and the state. John Winthrop and Roger Williams strongly disagree on whether a unified or individual religious community is the ideal religious community. John Winthrop has many passionate beliefs about Christianity and religion as a whole. His main goal was to expand the old Church of England‚ and purify Christian behavior. It was crucial to support these ideas‚ and they should be enforced by the law. He has very strict beliefs about religion and he believes

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    Omnipotence In Judaism

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    the core beliefs of the main monotheistic religions of the world today: Christianity‚ Islam and Judaism. Contemporary theism demands that believers in God accept the notion that He is all-powerful and not subject to limitations on this power; as the Christian Evangelist Matthew puts it in his Gospel: Jesus looked at them and said “With man this is impossible‚ but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). In Judaism also the belief in God’s omnipotence is rooted in the Bible: “Attribute to

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    Judaism and Passover

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    Pesach‚ more commonly referred to as Passover‚ is the most commonly observed Jewish holy day. According to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey‚ eighty percent of Jews have attended a Pesach Seder‚ a traditional meal eaten to celebrate the holy day. Passover‚ also referred to as “the Spring Festival‚” “the Festival of Matzah” or “the Time of Our Freedom‚” is a celebration held to commemorate the Israelites deliverance out of slavery in Egypt (Rich‚ T.). It is a time for all Jewish people

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    Judaism and Christainity

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    Analysis of Migratory Flow from Germany to the U.S Anthony Wells Z1583612 Spud34-81@hotmail.com Abstract When viewing the history of immigrants from Germany to USA in the evidence of reports presented by US census. I follow a certain hierarchy by defining a chart of time line indicating the amount of immigrants entering USA from Germany. Keeping in consideration the chart I define push and pull factors for every decade. When the push and pull factors are highlighted in detail‚ I define the

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    Why did Christianity during its rise appeal to the Romans more rather than Judaism? GSD Geneva School of Diplomacy & International Relations GLADYS SHAHTOU Candidate number: 20100943 Picture: Table of contents Why did Christianity during its rise appeal to the Romans more rather than Judaism? Introduction Main Body Paganism Judaism in ancient Rom The rise of Christianity in ancient Rom Growth of Christianity (introducing Monotheism) Christianity as the official

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    Final Project In psychology there have been many schools of thought. The main ones to have emerged are structuralism‚ functionalism‚ behaviorism‚ Gestalt psychology and psychoanalysis. Some of these have withstood the test of time‚ and are still in use today in modern psychology‚ while others have laid the foundation of modern psychology. Wilhelm Wundt is the founder of psychology as a formal academic discipline (Schultz‚ 2011‚ p. 66) Because of his ideas and the worked that he did in experimental

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