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A 5 page discussion of the importance of Christianity in the socialization of its followers. Provides a brief history of the religion and a review of its doctrines. Concludes that it, like all religions, is tremendously important in shaping societal mores and norms. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

15 pages in length. While there are great many parallelisms between Judaism and Buddhism, there also exist a number of contrarieties. The two religions share many of the same fundamental beliefs with regard to the world as a whole, encompassing family, religion, male domination, modernity and mysticism, yet there are also significant differences ...

Modern Judaism

  • 10 page paper

A 10 page paper discussing the characteristics and origins of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Judaism as it exists in today’s world. What constitutes Judaism can be confusing for non-Jews. While we Gentiles and others consider a Jew to be a member of one of the world’s leading religions, we often forget that Jewishness ...

30 pages in length. Women and religion have shared a long yet challenging relationship throughout the ages. Not unlike virtually all other global religions, Jewish women have experienced the oppressive nature of a patriarchal society wherein the decidedly male overtones of daily life served to construct her very being. Kaballah and Jewish ...

6 pages in length. There exist a great many religions in the world; some could not be any further apart in beliefs and principles, while others that are seemingly opposite actually have a significant number of qualities in common. Such is the case with Judaism, Christianity and Islam, where even though the three ...

A 4 page research paper that contrasts and compares these religions. Ryan (2004) points out that non-Muslims are frequently perplexed when they find out that Muslims consider "Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus" and many other biblical personages who are known to both Jewish and Christian scripture to be Muslim (p. 19). This does not mean ...

A 5 page paper that provides a brief description and explanation of each of these five religions. The writer also compares and contrast them and comments on the influence they have on believers and the community. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 9 page report discusses the special privileges and immunities offered to Jews through ancient Roman law. The writer discusses the atmosphere that existed in ancient Rome for the Jewish community and notes the observations of historians of the time. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 9 page report discusses The ancient Judaic world, better described as the “Hellenistic Roman Palestine.” Following the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, both the secular and non-secular worlds have been fascinated with what could be learned from them. Some believed that questions that are thousands of years old might be answered through the Scrolls. In tracing ...

A 3 page research paper that looks at Jewish history. Throughout much of their history, the Jewish people have been dispersed to the far corner of the globe and without a homeland. Nevertheless, they have managed to maintain their identity as a people and this is due, in part, to having specific geographical centers ...

A 10 page paper tracing the history of the Jews and their persecution during the Ottoman Empire. Discusses the history of the Jews leading up to the Ottoman Empire to establish a background for understanding the persecution during the empire's 600 year existence. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 11 page overview of the early history of Christianity and its rise to its current status as a predominant world religion. Emphasizes the history of Jerusalem and the Christian Crusades. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

8 pages in length. An analytical examination of 'tradition' as it relates to modern Jewish people. Based upon experience and library research, the writer argues that many contemporary Jews have lost sight of tradition and attempt to offer some historic explanation as to why. The differences between Chasidic, Conservative, and Reformed Jews are discussed in ...

The Essenes Analyzed

  • 5 page paper

This 5 page research paper examines the all-male Jewish communal group known as the Essenes. Specifically considered are the Essene ideas and the more extreme group which emerged from them at the Dead Sea, referring to the Dead Sea scrolls, including the book of Enoch, and how the Qumran group envisioned the end of ...

A 12 page look at the issue of ethnic character in Levin's novel. The paper looks at Levin's novel in terms of his own life and history, and argues that the seeds of his later mania are contained in this early book. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 7 page paper considers the style an message of the works of this well respected Jewish theologian. The paper specifically looks at his work entitled 'Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion'. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

An 8 page paper outlining how Buber's theory applies to communication between humans and between humans and God. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

Nathan the Wise (1779)

  • 5 page paper

(5pp) Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was one of the major German writers of the Enlightenment. Although the Enlightenment was generally considered a period in which intellectuals wrote for other intellectuals, Lessing's play of five acts is easy to follow, largely because of its universal themes of tolerance, brotherhood and reason. Although Lessing ...

A 10 page comparison of the two prophets in relationship to their contrasting responsibilities to the Israelites: one to lead them out of slavery, the other to explain why they had lost their freedom and also to give them hope for the future. The paper compares and contrasts the writings, biblical and others, ...

The Hasmonean Rule

  • 5 page paper

This 5 page paper considers a turning point in Jewish history: the establishment of the Hasmonean Rule. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the importance of Israel in terms of Jewish identity. The author emphasizes that Jewish identity exists in relation to a turbulent history of this region. The contention is presented that the creation of a binational Israeli-Palestinian state is imperative for both Jewish identity and Palestinian identity. Bibliography ...

Judaism

  • 8 page paper

An 8 page paper that discusses specific information about Judaism. The writer begins by reporting the history, Sacred texts and the people. The writer discusses Jewish mysticism and some of the thinkers and scholars in the faith. Major festivals are identified along with some of the customs in Judaism. At the end of the ...

A 5 page research paper that examines the multiplicity of views pertaining to who the historical Moses actually was, what his accomplishments were and how he should be regarded in relation to Israelite history. The writer, in other words, examines the continuing controversy concerning the historical Moses versus the narrative creation of Moses in scripture. ...

A 4 page review of the steps leading up to the Jewish Holocaust. The author traces the anti-Semitism that fueled the Holocaust back into history and up unto the Nazi concentration camps. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 12 page paper discussing the Jewish response to Nazism from the 1920s to early 1940s in Germany and Europe. From the time after the First World War and the German defeat until the end of the Second World War and the defeat of the Nazis, the Jewish response to Nazism changed in ...

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