Torah

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…

Also known as the “Torah”, a holy scripture for Jews and the “Old Testament for Christians, it was said to be revealed to Prophet Moses on Mount Sinai. There is not a definite date for when this law was received, because it was passed down to generations from orally. Often times this law would get lost in translation, and become different to what was originally written by Moses. However, people still said that Moses has told us such act, to show respect that he was the chosen one to be given…

Contemplation is a reflection or an observation thought with deep consideration, but in context to religion, it can be described as a “spiritual meditation; concentration of mind and soul upon God” (Dictionary.com, 2016). As outlined by Thomas Merton, contemplation is believed to be intellectual and spiritual life’s highest expression, filling people with gratitude, realisation of life and reality and a way to make our reason and faith complete. Contemplation, spiritual or non-spiritual, can…

There are a lot of correlations between the movie we just watched “The Chosen”, and the history of Judaism. The notion of a chosen people descended from Noah to Abraham, Moses, and David. Some examples of that are henotheism, Changing Abram’s name to Abraham, circumcision, and the Promise of Progeny. With Moses it was the covenant of law and love. David with being the “son” of God, and him being the first Messiah. The Jewish had 613 commandments while the Gentiles have 10. Being chosen means you…

Jewish people who lived before you. The destruction of the second temple represented a turning point for Jews, they could either adapt to the changing world around them or attempt to maintain what they had been doing since the canonization of the Torah. Through the destruction, Jews were able to persevere and adapt while keeping the same basic structural values and ideals present while the second temple was functioning. The dust of the desolate sanctuary that was the second temple is the…

Smith makes three important points of Paul’s interpretation of Genesis 15:6. First, “Abraham is forcefully taken away from the Jew as an exemplar for Torah obedience and is made into an exemplar of faith. Second, the result is that Abraham becomes the Father of All who believe and third, Paul uses Abraham to establish the authenticity of his revelation of grace.” Paul’s intentional inclusion of Abraham…

Judaism is an old monotheistic religion, which uses Torah as the foundational text, on the other hand; Christianity is the religion of most people in the world, and they believe in Jesus being the son of God and their saviour. There are many contradictions in trying to show how these two religions relate, the following passage explains their relation. Many people insist that Judaism is the foundation of Christianity because Judaism began when God revealed himself to Abraham and Moses; Christians…

selfless. Other religion’s saw their gods as self-concerning, amoral beings. Judaism’s God also made man. In the Torah, Genesis 1:26-27 states, “And God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” From this quote, many conclude that since God made man, then abortion must be a bad thing in Judaism: not necessarily. In fact, the Torah does not address abortion. Judaism has a very unique approach to abortion. The religions can neither be…

religion because their sacred text is telling them women are evil. I think it is very damaging to the treatment of women when the religious texts are against them and putting them down. The same situation is apparent in Judaism. Within Judaism and in the Torah, their sacred text, women are depicted as unclean and dirty. In the novel The Curse: A Cultural History of…

The book of Genesis is one which is located in the Torah within the Tanakh among four other books: Exodus, Leviticus, Number, and Deuteronomy. In accordance with the dominant Jewish view, one which prevailed in earlier times, and one particularly common among Orthodox Jews, the Pentateuch has Mosaic authorship. In the present day, this view is typically rejected as commentators have noted that several points in Genesis indicate that the narrator lived well after Moses. In regards to the…