As a religion, it governs the society of the Jewish community. It also binds ethnic Jews together into a committed political group. The moral code of Judaism derives from Jewish law. These are believed to be commandments given by God to his people. These commandments include both ritual ...
EEJ are Europeans probably of Roman descent who converted to Judaism at times, when Judaism was the first monotheistic religion that spread in the ancient world. Any other theory about their origin is not supported by the genetic data. Future studies will have to address their genetic affinities...
Again, it is also a well-known, though less wide-spread doctrine, that the Jewish Sabbath passed into Mosaism from an earlier planetary religion. Of course, if it can be shown that the Sabbath was originally sacred to Saturn, we have a strong proof of the antiquity of the names of ...
This chapter is an introduction to the history of “modern” terrorism, especially how different groups evolved over time. It begins with Narodnaya Volya in Russia in the latter half of the nineteenth century and covers terror groups that were active in 2010s and still active as of 2021. Foll...
M Walter - 《Journal of Religion》 被引量: 8发表: 1995年 Transforming Relations: Essays on Jews and Christians throughout History in Honor of Michael A. Signer Jews and Christians serve simultaneously as a point of convergence and divergence for the two religious communities, and that modern pr...
HISTORY THEY HIDE FROM US: Jewish Scholar Ilan Pappe Reveals The Truth Of Modern Israel's Origin -- The 1948 Nakba Massacres The horrors of the US/Israel genocide in Gaza — and now unfolding in the West Bank — are blowing the bloody mosai...
Learn about golems with their origin and history. Discover this creature of Jewish folklore, including the most famous example the Golem of Prague from the 1500s. What is a Golem? Agolemis a sculpted figure, often made of clay. In legend, golems are usually brought to life using words. Th...
“We’ve had these fantasies for millennia as part of religion, especially in Judaism.”Comic books influence the self-esteem and character development of their young audience, said Kaplan, who has written children’s books for Penguin Random House. ...
Christianity is the name of the religion that began with the birth of Jesus Christ. Most scholars date His birth at year 4 to 6 BC. It is significant that the west dates all history from that beginning. The letters BC in a date stand for Before Christ, though modern scholars have revise...
Among students of early Yiddish, Faierstein is unique in his mastery of the religious sources. The current book on kabbalistic customs is a signal contribution to the study of popular religion, and shows how pervasive (and early) the influence of Kabbalah was on early modern Jewish life. The...