Sacred Texts of Judaism include the Tanak and The Torah. The Torah which is the first five books of the Tanak is considered the law. The question posed today is: are these sacred texts still valid in today’s society? This essay will explore the importance of these sacred texts in Judaism and the importance the Torah plays in schools and how it is now compulsory to be taught to children. The sacred texts of Judaism are divided into three: the Torah‚ Nev’im and the Ketuvim. Together these three sections
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Minsung Kim 4/4/13 Paper#3 Judaism in William Finn ’s Falsettoland Judaism and Jewish culture have always been central to William Finn‚ writer of a trilogy of short works following Marvin‚ a homosexual character living in the Jewish community. Falsettoland itself forms the final part of the trilogy while In Trousers and March of the Falsettos are the first two installments respectively. Over the course of the musical‚ Finn hints at the audience the contrasting notion of Orthodox and Reform
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Apocalyptic Thought? Give three examples of Jewish apocalyptic writings. 4. Compare and contrast the idea of Reward and Punishment as presented in the Tanakh and in Jewish Apocalypticism. 5. How did the Pharisees and Sadducees differ in regard to Oral Torah and Reward and Punishment in an afterlife? How might each have justified their position? 6. Compare and contrast the cosmology‚ ethics and means of "salvation" in Epicureanism‚ Stoicism‚ Platonism‚ Gnosticism and Judaism (note differences among Jewish
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and what human beings should freely do and refrain from doing. Thus‚ Jewish ethical teachings are the ethical traditions which justify the actions and morality of the Jewish adherents and the Jewish tradition. For example‚ derived from the Mishnah Torah it states that one must not entertain the idea that there is any god but the Eternal as they believe that there is only one God and he is eternal‚ therefore it is considered unethical to entertain thoughts that say otherwise. There are various ethical
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Christianity and Islam‚ originally came from the Hebrews. The Hebrews believed that God was their special protector and was everything‚ the most powerful‚ and present everywhere. Like the other two religions‚ Judaism also has a holy book called the Torah. The Torah is a sacred recording of laws and events in Jewish history. The Jews believe that God gave them the Ten Commandments through Moses‚ which he was called "the Lawgiver". According to the Jewish tradition‚ God made a covenant‚ or agreement with
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The purpose of the codification was to allow easier access to the text as all the laws stated in the Torah were gather and organised into topics‚ theme and ideas‚ such as prayer and worship‚ family law‚ dietary laws‚ etc… Along with making the halachah more accessible to the Jews‚ as the Jewish adherence could come to a particular issue‚ it also allowed
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SWOT on Judean Jews‚ in a Greco-Roman World Strength Judean Jews‚ one people elected by one God‚ well founded in Torah. Torah describes how to live according to Gods will (i.e. shema)‚ how to stay pure‚ and not mix with other people or religions. Weakness Not one people‚ but internally in a conflict in regard to the use and interpretation of Torah (i.e. Sadducees‚ Pharisee‚ Essenes‚ Qumran)‚ also political conflict in relation to the supremacy of Rome (i.e. Zealot and Herodians). Opportunity religiously
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human history‚ is ever changing the present state of the modern world‚ helped shaped politics we know today‚ and affect social‚ moral and ethical behavior among all men. The Bible is a collection of books; First is the Torah‚ which is the first five books of The Bible. After the Torah is the Talmud which is the remaining books within the old testament. These books themselves are the pillars of Judaism. The new testament begins with the Gospel‚ which is the story of Christ and the works he did. The
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of God that were given by Word of God to Moses. The Torah was the book that they followed which was all the history of Moses‚ and God. Early Christian (325 A.C.) They stablished a law following theology on Christ. The romans followed a new testament which followed the Ten Commandments and Jesus. People followed Christ in baptisms and followed his testaments‚ and sometimes they were even casted as heretics by Jews that followed the Torah. They used clothing made of soft cloth used lambs and
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The Torah (literally meaning ‘teaching’) is the core of the Hebrew Scriptures and contains the detailed guidelines of Jewish life. Jewish behavior is ultimately derived from the Torah and can be related to the everyday life of a Jew and how it guides the way in which they conduct their lives. It’s believed that It is through constant reference to the Torah that Jews are lead to the life of holiness. It’s a direction for spiritual life‚ as well as the principal source of Jewish ethics and enables
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