Oral Torah

Chapter 5 is broken up into three lessons. Lesson Number One: The Importance of Being Jewish. This lesion had to do with Joe Flom. He was known as the scholar who attended Harvard Law and was discriminated against for being Jewish when we applied for jobs. The limit in opportunity caused him to join the small new firm Skadden, Aprs, they worked with anything “came in the door to a generation of Jewish lawyers from the Bronx and Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s, then, was the work the white-shoe…

The Song of Solomon called Songs of Songs, means the “greatest song” or” holiest of holies” in Hebrew. Song of Songs is also found in the Jewish literature of writings (Ketuvim), following the scroll of Ruth. In the Christian Old Testament, it follows the book of Ecclesiastes. The Song of Songs praises sexual love by depicting two male and female characters praising each other. The male and female speakers are referred to as the lover and the shulammite respectively. It is read as a poem of love…

1. A midrash is a thorough interpretation of sacred Hebrew texts. 2. The validity of both the Bible and the novel could be argued because those texts could present truth based on the writers’ perspectives. Based on the argument, The Red Tent could also be valid because the story was true in the eyes of Diamant. 3. Because of their beliefs, Simon and Levi committed a mass slaughter even after Shalem’s people were circumcised. 4. Although The Red Tent is inaccurate in the eyes of historians,…

Maimonides’ teaching on the problem of evil Moses Maimonides is a Jewish philosopher and doctor who was born in Cordoba. Maimonides showed his interest in philosophy and science in his early ages. Also, he studied the Jewish torah and many other philosophical books that were translated to Arabic. He was taught under the supervision of the Arabic and Jewish philosophers. In 1148, as Cordoba was conquered by the African Muslims, Jews community there had to either leave, become Muslims, or get…

The content and interpretations of the Deuteronomic Code, on the other hand, stray much father away from uniformity than the Decalogue, arguably narrating a broader set of moral and legal obligations of the Israelites. Its reassertion of the Commandments further enforces the aforementioned covenant relationship between God and the Israelites, which introducing a concrete set of civil laws; of which, are a standard for governing society. The similarities are striking, and in many cases,…

Rabbis, Priests, Ulamas, though these three religious figures are different there is one characteristic that links them closely together, they’re all typically male characters. Yes, it is true that there are women of power in certain religions but, this was not always the case, in fact it wasn’t until just recently women started making an impact in their place of religious practice. Specifically, Judaism has made significant strides associated with women becoming a bigger part of the community…

In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus is portrayed as the teacher. To Matthew Jesus is a teacher who is far greater than Moses or anyone ever was. Matthews Gospel was written and intended for the audience of other Jewish people since he was a Jew himself. This could be the main point that differentiates Mathew from the other Gospels because his audience was so heavily Jewish based. This Gospel is the beginning of the New Testament that sets up the other gospels that will follow even though much of…

In humanity’s endless search for truth, we often turn to religion in order to answer the questions we cannot answer ourselves. Every religion across the world has a stance on a vast range of ultimate questions, including “What happens after we die?” The Jewish view of death and belief in the afterlife has been significantly influenced by Israelite history as it clarifies the value of life ingrained in the covenantal relationship with G_d. Despite this shared history, a diverse range of…

Before Zoroastrianism was introduced to Persia, Persian Religion was very nature oriented and polytheistic with Ahuramazda being considered the chief god. The Persians generally allowed their subjects to continue their own religion. That is why the ideas of a person named Zoroaster were able to spread so easily around 600 B.C.E. We are uncertain about the dates and history of Zoroaster himself, but we know he was a thinker and preacher. Zoroaster is credited as the author of a set of religious…

In the Book Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag memorizes the book of Ecclesiastes and Revelation. This is so that if books ever get burned out, there will be people that have memorized books and can teach others about them. If I was in Montag’s situation, I would memorize The Bible. I would memorize the Bible because it is so important to our society today. The Bible would be an important book to preserve, because it has transformed the world, gives us freedom, and teaches us many other valuable…