[student] [professor] [class/course] 11 May 2014 Comparing Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam Judaism is one of the only monotheistic religions is the world to not have a single founder or central leader. According to Fisher‚ Jews are those who experience their long and often difficult history as a continuing dialogue with God. As a nation‚ Israel was a very nomadic people and has been repeatedly oppressed and dispersed throughout their history. Given the persecution‚ dispersion‚ and even lack
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Christianity and Judaism Religion is a belief concerning the cause‚ nature and purpose of the universe. Millions of the people claim to be a member of some form of religion. Religion is a set of basic principles that are practiced amongst a group or groups of people over many years. Religion has been something you personally practice‚ many people follow different religion. Although religion is practiced by 90% of the world they all believe in something different. Two of the most followed religions
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Law‚ every Jewish girl becomes a bat mitzvah at age 12 - a year earlier than a Jewish boy becomes a bar mitzvah due to the fact that girls mature earlier than boys. As a bat mitzvah‚ she becomes obligated by God’s commandments - as prescribed in the Torah and as interpreted by Moses‚ the Prophets‚ the Sages and the Rabbis. A Jewish girl becomes a bat mitzvah automatically upon turning 12 years old. No ceremony is needed. The Reconstructionist Movement introduced the idea of celebrating a girl becoming
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one of the oldest religions that are being practiced today. It is a monotheistic‚ patriarchal religion that is both down to earth and mystical. Though it is patriarchal with an all male priesthood there is a sprinkling of powerful women in both the Torah and the Jewish history. This is a religion ground by numerous laws and commandments‚ yet have managed to retain a sense of continue dialogue about God and what it means to be a Jew. The Jewish people can be defined as either a religious or as an ethnic
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SUMMARY Jewish beliefs are very diverse. There are many categories of Judaism such as: Orthodox‚ Ultraorthodox‚ Conservative‚ and Reform. Devout Jews have two components of authority for truth‚ life‚ and teachings: (1) the written law‚ known as the Torah or Tanakh‚ and (2) the oral law‚ known as the Talmud and Mishnah. According to the teachings of Judaism there is no set of beliefs upon the acceptance of which the Jew may find salvation. Judaism places a high level of importance on ethical values
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Angela Hylton English 101 Prof. Gail McCrady March 20‚ 2014 Christianity Vs. Judaism At the most basic levels Christians are anyone who professes that Jesus of Nazareth is the “Christ” (the “Messiah or the Anointed one”) of God. This might sound simple‚ yet what does It mean? And what else do Christians believe about “Jesus” and “God.” Christianity is the Number one religion worldwide with 2.1 participants. It is approximately one third of the Worlds population. (and about god.com)
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Jewish Holy Days Paper REL 134 03/24/2014 Roy Rehberg Jewish Holy Days Paper Many different religions celebrate holidays of all kinds. Throughout history‚ each religion has developed their own traditions. These traditions are important as they have been traced back through our ancestors and provide a valuable lesson on how important traditions are. Judaism is no different. Although Judaism was the base of Christianity‚ the traditions are very different. Those of Jewish faith celebrate three
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1 When reading the book‚ “Who wrote the Bible”‚ by Richard Friedman‚ Friedman presents a strong case for the Documentary Hypothesis as it relates to the first five books of the Old Testament‚ also known as the Pentateuch or the Torah. This hypothesis proposes that the Torah was derived from originally independent‚ parallel and complete narratives‚ which were subsequently combined into the current form by a series of redactors‚ or editors. These four sources came to be known as the Yahwist (J)‚ Elohist
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(M1) COMPARE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN THE PRACTICES AND BELIEFS OF INDIVIDUALS FROM TWO CONTRASTING RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR GROUPS Indeed‚ Christians and Jews share lots of common heritage – after all Jesus was himself Jewish. This leads to many things in common between Judaism and Christianity which include: Religion 1 Religion 2 Similarities Differences Definition/history Christianity is a religion based upon the teachings and miracles of Jesus. Judaism is the name of the religious faith
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most important sections in God’s Word. Just as a knowledge of the four gospels is essential for understanding the New Testament‚ so the content of the Pentateuch is crucial to the rest of the Old Testament and for that matter the whole Bible. The Torah‚ as is it referred to in the Jewish bible‚ includes the book of Genesis‚ Exodus‚ Leviticus‚ Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Pentateuch is the product of many different traditions and stories that were gradually written down over many years by many
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