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    thinker "‚ and the " founder of Trenniley-Othodixie " (separatist Orthodoxy). He was the leading spirit in the establishment and of modernized Orthodox Jewish congregation and school system. The slogan of the growing " neo-orthodox " group was " torah combined with wordily wisdom ". They believed in schools that the Hebrew language‚ Jewish subjects‚ secular studies‚

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    people what they should and should not do as it is written in the Torah. Not all Jews have the same beliefs or do exactly the same things‚ this does not mean that their belief in Judaism is wrong‚ it is just different. Judaism has been around for thousands of years. During that time‚ Jews have moved to many different places and rules have been changed a bit. However‚ the main ideas of Judaism have never changes which are God (yahweh)‚Torah and Israel Jews believe that God appointed the Jews to be his

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    The Jews – Alan Unterman Torah is bound together with the experiences of Jewish people‚ linked with their self identity. It contains a message from God to man mediated through Jewish prophets. Also central in the covenant between God and his special people of Israel – the Jews. Halakhah = the jewish law‚ rules and practices that Jews are bound to follow i.e the commandments. The Halakah still plays a major role today i.e rules of the mother being Jewish in order to have a Jewish child. Jewishness

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    between 1792 and 1730 BCE a code of laws was constructed for all to see by witch the standards of Babylon were set. (Andrea. 13) The Jewish people also had a standard by which they lived and it was called the Torah. In this were set guidelines to show the ways that they should live. The Torah was created around 1000 BCE and is still a huge factor in the Jewish lifestyle today. (Andrea. 52) Both of these codes or guidelines were shaped by people before them and both shaped the civilizations

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    In the New Testament‚ during the life of Christ‚ three religious sects are often referred too. These are the Pharisees‚ the Sadducees‚ and the Herodians. These three sects were formed and mainly active during the Second temple period (530 BC and AD 70). These groups had acted in several roles‚ they were at times political parties‚ social movements‚ and represented different schools of thought. Jesus Christ‚ during his ministry on Earth‚ had several major confrontations with these groups. Although

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    The five books included in the Torah are‚ Genesis‚ Exodus‚ Leviticus‚ Deuteronomy‚ and numbers all serve for different purposes and all include different information.The Torah is equivalent to the Old Testament of the Bible. Judaism is solely dependent on structure from the Torah and take everything that is written as a teaching or an instruction. Judaism use to believe that the Torah was to be translated as law‚ meaning everything written in it had to be

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    with the outside world and only interact within their group delving time into studying the Torah. Reform Judaism is similar to Modern Orthodoxy but different in the aspect that they have included some teachings of Christianity. I think I would choose to adopt Modern Orthodoxy‚ because it seems to coexist with the outside world to a certain extent but doesn’t create an issue with the actual teachings of the Torah. I believe in the 21st century‚ it is vital to be more understanding and introducing of

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    Professor Brooten Lecture on “How Catholicism changed: From Official Approval of it to Prohibiting it” In her lecture professor Brooten discusses the Pentateuch and the notion of a gender dichotomy present in the early church. In particular‚ she notes that enslaved men and women were different in the eyes of law. She begins by contrasting the rules for holding Hebrew slaves in the various books of the Pentateuch. She claims that in Exodus 21 men had to be released from slavery after six years of

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    holy book is the Torah or‚ the Hebrew bible which was given by God to Moses at Mount Sinai. The Torah contains the old testament‚ and the first five books of Moses. Christians’ holy book is the Bible which also contains the old testament and the new testament as well‚ which the Torah doesn’t have. The New Testament records the life and teachings of Jesus. The Muslim’s holy book is the Koran which is written in Arabic and is composed of verses that make up 114 chapters. The Torah and the Holy Bible

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    towards other living things. The Jewish people have the Torah or Old Testament which is the law code and beliefs of the Jewish people. The Zoroastrian people have the Avesta which consists of twenty two Fargards that explain the principles of Zoroastrian beliefs. The Jewish and Zoroastrian people are comparable in the belief of one faith but they differentiate in the way they deal with sinners and there respect towards other living things. In the Torah it is explained‚ people who go against the Lord “must

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