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ordinary Jewish resident who grew up in Nazareth in Galilee (Attridge, 1998). He lived and died as a Jew and He had to have been i...

date). In order to fit into the economic Western world, many Jews have forsaken their heritage and do not rigidly practice the t...

not accomplish this task until the end of time (Stepaniants, 2002). According to Zoroastrian cosmology, the history of humanity co...

discover which hermeneutical key to open each door (Blowers, 2004). Alexandria was based on a soteriological theology, which mean...

The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...

in government policy-making, for example....

War I (Kazin, 1998, p. 16). As this suggests, pinning down the cultural meaning of Judeo-Christian tradition and scriptural teachi...

is shaping this violence. Some groups on the other hand may not actually participate in violent acts but they may idly support su...

at the other religions, we see that all three believe in the "Word of God" as a direct and personal message to Man from the Divine...

obvious, even if one had not heard the laws of God as such, this ignorance has never constituted an excuse for sin. As this indica...

sixteenth century when Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, nailed 95 complaints against the Roman Catholic Church on the church do...

from Christian forces, one of the first actions that they took on occupying the city was to allow Jews to reenter Jerusalem, havin...

basis of the religion (Esposito, 1978). This began his quest for a true religion. Muhammad believed that both Judaism and Christi...

Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...

including "Aaron and his successors" and "Moses and the Prophets" (Maas). Paul pictures Christ as being above the choirs of angels...

come after Plato, not before. (This example is found in Book VII of The Republic, which is available online.) As Im sure youll ...

over the centuries, and in those changes we can see the way in which the teachings of the religion have turned outward to impact t...

in Galatia." After his salutation, Paul goes right to the heart of the matter, which is that the people have been thrown into conf...

However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...

off than those who remain in the cave. Before delving into an analysis, it pays to explore the allegory as laid out by Plato. Wh...

the religion the people already possessed. What was different was the book that he would begin to orally present, the Qoran which ...

time on earth (Core, 2000). The early Christians debated at great length regarding the books that would be accepted as Old Testame...

at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price o...

that there is "within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted i...

is greater than respect for other life, social justice and peace. Ignorance and the ongoing struggle to obtain inordinate securit...

genders. "Testosterone exerts powerful effects on human bodies, helping make them stronger and bigger. It also increases sex dri...

however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...

that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...

they are essentially from different worlds. To many in America today, political ideology is at the crux of how the poor and home...

by those in a particular sect of Christianity, there would be more purity in the Christian religions. Yet, this is not the case an...