Judaism- the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud bread,breadstuff,staff of life- food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked ...
to carry the torch of democracy/progress (fig)→ mantener viva la llama de la democracia/del progresoto carry a torch for sb→ estar enamorado de algn 2. (Brit) (electric)→ linterna f 3. (Tech) (also blow torch)→ soplete m B. VT (= set fire to) [+ building, vehicle]→ p...
Historically it is known as the Tower de la Glaciere; but why change this name of the Trouillas Tower? The name is unclean and harmonizes well with the unclean deed which was now to ...— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas Read full book for free! ... George Bascombe had...
“tradition” inasmuch as it lays claim to secret knowledge of the unwrittenTorah(divine revelation) that was communicated by God toMosesand Adam. Though observance of the Law of Moses remained the basic tenet ofJudaism, Kabbala provided a means of approaching God directly. It thus gave Judaism ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Pandects (redirected fromDigesta) Dictionary Encyclopedia Pandects seeCORPUS JURIS CIVILIS. Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006 PANDECTS, civil law. The name of an abridgment or compilation of the civil law, made by order of the emperor Justin...
(Christianity) a generic term which can refer to the Divine commandments (primarily the Decalogue), the Old Testament in general or, most specifically, the Torah. Anagrams awl law law See also: Law English Noun law (countable and uncountable, plural laws) (uncountable) The body of rule...
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As always in the history of religion—to repeat—one is necessarily caught between the faith-bound certainty of revelation and the complexity of interpretation, and each of the Abrahamic traditions offers to its constituents the certainty that the text of the Torah (and Hebrew Bible) or the ...
Spain also produced the famous Sefer ha-zohar (“Book of Splendour”), a book that in some circles was invested with a sanctity rivaling that of the Torah itself. It dealt with the mystery of creation and the functions of the sefirot, and it offered mystical speculations about evil, salvati...
"Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live" [Jean de la Bruyère The Characters, or the Manners of the Age]"The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence...