Judaism: Ritual of death Death is the cycle of life. Each cultural and religion has there own way of comprehending a loss of a loved one. Certain communities believe in reincarnation, while others believe in eternal heaven or hell. With each belief, each community has their own ritual and ...
Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh, and explored in later texts such as the Talmud. Jews consider Judaism to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God developed with the Children of Israel - originally a group of tw...
Add new Web site: United Religions Initiative - Judaism: Basic Beliefs. Gloria Lotha Dec 05, 2016 Article revised to remove note about BC/AD date notation. Matt Stefon Nov 03, 2016 Add new Web site: Religion Facts - History of Judaism. Grace Young Jul 05, 2016 Article revised to ...
The first section of this article treats the history of Judaism in the broadest and most complete sense, from the early ancestral beginnings of the Jewish people to contemporary times. In the second section the beliefs, practices, andcultureof Judaism are discussed. ...
But as Mahmoud Khalil rightly noted in his letter, soon “visa-holders, green-card carriers, and citizens alike will all be targeted for their political beliefs.” As Jews, we have a unique role in the current political moment. Indeed, we must fail to note that this state violence is ...
Judaism offers a rich body of traditional beliefs and practices surrounding end-of-life, death, mourning, and the afterlife. A more detailed understanding of these topics might prove helpful to clinicians seeking guidance for how best to care for Jewish patients, to anyone supporting dying individua...
Once Constantine established the doctrinal beliefs of his new Church, all those who did not accept the religion of the emperor were either put to death (see The Death Of The Religion Of Jesus), or run out of and banished from the empire. Thereafter, the most corrupted copies of the script...
The common ground (shared beliefs) for these sects was the belief in One God and that this One God had made a covenant with the people of Israel. The foundation of this covenant was called “The Torah.” The Pharisees and Sadducees were the two main groups the Bible focuses on around ...
A period of prosperity ensued, during which the traditional customs and beliefs of the Jews were enforced and the supremacy of the law was asserted. This brief respite ended in 129 b.c., when Antiochus VII made Judea tributary, but independence was restored under John Hyrcanus (135-104 b.c...
As soon as the Jewish people were scattered among other nations, and thereby found the opportunity of drawing comparisons between other beliefs and their own, it was inevitable that they should be so impressed with the superiority of their faith as to look forward with perfect confidence to its...