writing; תורה שבעל פה that part which was transmitted orally.” He goes on to elaborate on the differences in how the Pharisees understood that the two sets of traditions were to be passed down: “The Pharisees thus stand out in the struggle with the Sadducees—if we have interpreted the sources correctly—as energetic advocates of the principle that oral Torah is‚ and must remain‚ oral Torah.” The importance of the distinction between the oral and written Torah becomes clear when the methods for memorizing
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The Influence of Jewish Mysticism on the Early Christian Church Mystics know and experience God in a very different way than the ordinary believer. Whereas the ordinary believer knows God in an objective‚ concrete manner as embodied in nature or via sacred scriptures‚ the mystic knows God by personal‚ one to one contact between their own spirit (soul) and the spirit of God; heart to heart‚ or as Augustine called it‚ “cor ad cor loquitur.” Because of the one to one‚ highly individualized nature
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The Most Influential Religions of the World Religion has a strong influence in every country in which it is practiced. All around the globe‚ there are many religions that people have independently chosen to follow. Religion influences the way of life and has an invisible hand that dictates much control in the course of the history of the country and the development of its culture. While it is true in some countries religion is imposed on their citizens‚ in other cultures exists freedom to choose
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The Roots of Judaism and Christianity (i) Judaism: The Jews are a people who trace their descent from the biblical Israelites and who are united by the religion called Judaism. They are not a race; Jewish identity is a mixture of ethnic‚ national‚ and religious elements. An individual may become part of the Jewish people by conversion to Judaism; but a born Jew who rejects Judaism or adopts another religion does not entirely lose his Jewish identity. In biblical times the Jews were divided
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A ’gospel’ The written gospels have always been of the greatest significance to the Christian church‚ because they form the principal source of knowledge of the life of the Lord Jesus. The word ’gospel’ means good news and the use of the term for a written report about Jesus goes back to the first- or second-generation Christians. It does not so much indicate a literary genre but characterises the contents of the book: good news about Jesus Christ. The gospel describes the good news of how God
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Marcus Parker February 1‚ 2011 CHHI 301-B02 LUO Professor Michael Mitchell The Foundation of Orthodoxy and the Canon God is the Divine Author of a set of books‚ songs‚ narratives and letters that were written as a way for man to draw nearer to Him through His loving Son Jesus the Christ. God’s Word is an expression of who God is and who His Son is. J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays wrote a book called Grasping God’s Word. Within this book‚ the authors inspire their readers by giving a
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Running head: THE FINAL PHASES OF JESUS PUBLIC MINISTRY The Final Phases of Jesus Public Ministry Christine Webb-Brennan Grand Canyon University BIB123-(OL208) September 18‚ 2009 The Final Phases of Jesus Ministry Jesus‚ the Messiah had just been baptized by John the Baptist. Then the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove descended from Heaven‚ and God the Father’s voice beamed from Heaven telling the crowd that this was His Son; God was overjoyed with Jesus because of His obedience
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Ethnic and Missionary religions Ethnic Religion - is one that is identified with a nation of people or with a particular ethnic group a religious identity that is passed through generations and blood ties it is usually symbolized by an external marker‚ act of membership in the community ethnic religions are often thought to be located in a particular region and based on that region (e.g. Hinduism‚ and Judaism) predominantly Judaism has been passed through blood ties‚ generations its perfectly
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The Importance of the Logos Christology in the Gospel of John John wrote the immortal words of the Prologue into a desperately troubled world. The Romans held most of the known world in their political grasp. The Greeks had infiltrated every part of Jewish life with their philosophies and ways for over 500 years; the Jewish obsession with ethnic purity divided the race even from itself. One key issue Jew and Greek could agree on was the existence of the Logos‚ though not in the same way. To the
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The Role of Women in Religion The role of women in religious scripture dictates an inferior position in society. Beginning with the creation of Adam and then Eve‚ as his helpmate. Her purpose was that Adam would not be lonely. This origin provides the ground work for inequality of genders on the basis of religious scripture. The roles prescribed determined that women should be in a subordinate position to man. The female role and relationship with God is defined by the various books of the
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