i have the 01.02 Monotheistic Religions Assessment for world history, which is required to have four questions, answered by each moses, mohammed, and jesus--i feel like the text doesn't give me enough comprehensive informative to answer the questions "What types of internal differences and divisions exist within your faith?" and "What is the holy book of your faith and how does it compare to others?". beccaboo333 one year ago It's asking you to look up information on the faiths and holy books of each person. You'd compare the notes and facts you gain from that to compare it to each one.…
Introduction In the beginning he mentions that the subject of this book has been in his mind for a long time. This book is meant to explain the ancient manuscripts of the New Testament and the differences as well as the changes it went through. He then discusses his childhood and his experiences with religion. Ehrman discusses how the Bible was not focused on as much as the church was in his childhood.…
Judaism has a central belief in one God who has given the world a code of ethics to follow, guiding Jewish adherents to all situations in life, which strengthens and binds adherents faith with God. In order for Jewish adherents to find the appropriate response in regards to moral ethics, adherents would study the moral ethics from sources such as the Torah and Talmud. Moral laws are obtained from the Torah, with the most prominent being the Mitzvot since the moral law is the written belief itself. The 613 Mitzvot within the Torah are broken up into 248 positive mitzvot that describes the rituals a Jewish adherent can perform in order to express their faithfulness to the covenant and 365 negative mitzvot which details acts that adherents must…
The authors, Mead, Hill, and Atwood describe the beginnings of Judaism as a branch of the Christian religion. Throughout time, these religions have altered and shifted, both growing and blossoming in their own way. In my opinion, the most unique belief of Judaism is that in their eyes, Jesus was not the Messiah. Being a Christian, I was taught in my church that Jesus is the embodiment of God and that he was brought to the Earth to sacrifice his life for our sins and to expand the word of the gospel. As Mead, Hill, and Atwood claim, the followers of Judaism do not agree with this idea.…
Judaism’s Cosmogony is basically the same as Christianity where the Almighty God Created everything in seven days. Judaism has a lot of myths and figures but the most important ones are Abraham and Moses. The founder of Judaism, Abraham who is considered the father. Abraham made a contract with God to search for the promise land which is now Israel. Moses, on the other hand, is equally important because he was the one who saved the Jews from the Egyptians and provided the Torah and the laws of God which are now called the 10 commandments.…
This has numerous forms of Jewish influence in it; one God, the Son of God, the Holy Ghost, and the maker of all things can all be found in the Old Testament which is of Jewish…
You may have heard of Christianity and Christians but there’s another religion called Judaism with Jews. The Jews have a holy book called Torah, which is believed to hold the words…
Judaism Origins: Judaism is a strong religion that was created in 2000 B.C in canaan (palestine today). It was established between god and Abraham during the bronze age in the Middle East. The jews follow specific laws that are written in the torah, The torah was given by moses around 1250 B.C. Abraham is also considered as the father of the jews, they follow his orders and obey to him all the time. The jews consider palestine as their holy land that was given by god, They invaded palestine and followed the orders given by god in the torah which stated that the land is their holy place. The primary figures of israelite culture are Abraham, Jacob, Isaac and the prophet Moses.…
(Marie S.) The Torah is made up of the five books Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. (Rich) It is handwritten on scrolls and kept in the synagogue, the Jewish place of worship. It contains important Jewish teachings and laws such as 613 Mitzvot. The 613 Mitzvot are commandments that Jewish people are supposed to follow (Rich).…
Jewish religion was based on the ancient Israelite religion. The Jews were different from other people during that era because they only believed in one God. They worshipped their God like everyone else with sacrificial offerings of animals at their temple. The Jews only had one temple in Jerusalem, which had only two rooms. One room was for sacrifices, and the other room was always empty because there was no idol to representing God of Israel.…
The Torah is a book considered sacred by the Jewish community. Due to the fact that it contains the religions basic ideas, as well as, the early history of the Hebrews. Although no one know how accurate it really is, the Torah, it is still one of the most important books in the religion. Judaism worldwide has around fourteen million…
The three monotheistic religion branched off of each other therefore, most of the events they encounter in their holy book are the same such as the binding of Isaac. The Hebrew Bible scripture has gaps that the reader has to interpret however, the New Testament and the Qur’an scripture fill in the gap with their own interpretation of the events. The method used to display these events in their scriptures are different whereas the Hebrew bible shapes their scripture with conversations or quotes, the New Testament refers to these events by justifying or explaining the actions taken by God, Abraham and other characters in the holy text. God said to Abraham, “…Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you… Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering and laid…
pg 16 Oldest of the monotheistic religions, Judaism like Christianity considers Bible as its religious scripture which is an anthology, an assortment of writings of different writers belonging to different times. ' Then the lord God formed man out of the dust on ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and became a living being, (genesis 2:7) shapes the form of Adam from the clay then breathes into him the 'breath of life' so that Adam becomes Nephesh, or a living soul .'13 The…
In this report I will talk about what people that believe in Judaism do and how it is different from other religion. To begin with, Judaism is an ancient monotheistic religion, with the Torah as it fundamental text. Judaism is the first and oldest of the three great monotheistic faith. The Jews believe that Jesus is God, the son of God, or a person of the trinity. They believe that Jesus did not fulfill messianic prophecies that starts the criteria for the coming of the messiah and they also believe in one God.…
In the Jewish faith many practices and rituals are fulfilled in order to be closer to God. Customarily, Jewish life is directed by the 613 Godly commandments derived from Torah. However in recent times, some Jewish groups have left the traditional role of written and oral Torah as religious law. Within the major groupings of Judaism there have created variations with respect to religious belief and practice, ritual, lifestyles, and degree of acculturation. In the Jewish religion the main rites of passage are circumcision, bar mitzvah, marriage and the funeral service.…