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1054 C.E.
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Date of the split between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
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1933-1945 C.E.
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Dates of the Holocaust
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1948 C.E.
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of the establishment of the state of Israel
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380 C.E.
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Date when Christianity became the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire
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4 BCE
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Date of birth of Jesus of Nazareth
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570 CE
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Date of Muhammad’s birth
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610 CE
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Date when voice of Gabriel told Muhammad to recite
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622 CE
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Date when Muhammad left Mecca and traveled to Medina
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632 CE
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Date of Muhammad’s death
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70 CE
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Date of destruction of second temple (beginning of Jewish Diaspora and Rabbinic Judaism)
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Anthropology
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the category of religiology that deals with human nature
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Arabic
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the language in which the Qur’an is written
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Aramaic
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The language, besides Hebrew, in which the Talmud is written
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Ayat
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literally “sign,” also the word for a Qur’anic verse
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Balfour Declaration
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declaration that there would be a homeland for the Jews in Palestine
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Cosmology
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Ontological subcategory that has to do with qualities of the earth/universe
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Ekklesia
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The term that early Christians used to describe themselves, meaning “called out”
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Epistemology
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The religiological category that deals with sources and interpretations of valid knowledge
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Incarnation
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the Christian idea of God become flesh, in the person of Jesus of Nazareth
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Islam
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literally, “surrender” or “submission
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IXThUS
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acronym that Christians use to describe their theology; literally “fish”
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Kabbalah
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mystical branch of Judaism
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Kashrut
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laws within Judaism that deal with proper diet
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Katholikos
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literally “universal,” a term that is meant to embrace the entire body of Christians
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Mecca
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birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad
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Medina
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the place where Muhammad traveled from Mecca
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Methodology
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religiological category that describes how to fulfill one’s purpose
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Midrash
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literally “investigation,” Jewish Biblical commentary that includes Halakha and Aggada
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Mishnah
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literally “repetition,” teachings of the rabbis that were communicated orally
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Muslim
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literally “one who submits” or “one who surrenders”
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Nefesh
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within Kabbalah, the “below” component of the soul that inclines away from God and does not have a choice
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Neshama
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within Kabbalah, the “above” component of the soul that inclines toward God and does not have a choice
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Ontology
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the religiological category that deals with the nature of reality and has three subcategories
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Pentateuch
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refers to the five books of Moses—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
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Psychology
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the category of religiology that deals with faculties and states of human consciousness
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Ruach
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within Kabbalah, the “mind” or central component of the soul that does have a choice
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Sufism
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Islamic mysticism
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Sunnah
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literally “the example of the prophet,” including Hadith, consensus, and reason
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Synoptic
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literally “seen together,” this term refers to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke
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TaNaKh
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one major understanding of the word “Torah,” an acronym that refers to Torah/Nevi’im/Kutuvim
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Teleology
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religiological category that refers to the purpose of human life
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Theology
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subcategory of ontology that refers to beliefs about God/gods/supreme beings
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Yiddish
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a language spoken commonly among Eastern European Jews
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Zohar
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the primary Kabbalistic text
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