Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. How would we know of his life without the Gospels? The Gospels give people insight to the way Jesus lived his life, and how it was taken away so that we all may live. There are four different Gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and each has their own uni...
In the Islamic and Jewish religions, strict monotheism is practiced and the oneness of God and his being "alone" is very important and highly stressed. ... However, a popular interpretation of this is that during creation, God designed humans to be able to reason and express free will. ... Reform Judaism's interpretation of the teachings of the messiah has been taken symbolically instead of literal. ...
Yet as the modern day audience we have the right to have our own opinions and surely Shylock's character is open to interpretation; in parts of the play the audience feels almost sympathetic and pity towards Shylock and in other parts of the play, his actions are merciless, he turns back into this cunning, calculating monster which turns the audience against him once again. ... Strictly speaking it is not a sin to refuse the money but as we find out later it was not the money that mattered to Shylock, it was Antonio's life that mattered. ... We also notice that Shylock treats his d...
Tradition holds an important place in the Jewish religion, many of which are contained in a book of interpretations of sacred writings called the Talmud. ... One loose way of dividing modern Judaism is into four groups: Orthodox Jews maintain strict adherence to traditional customs; Reform or Liberal Jews attempt to apply broadly Judaic notions to customary culture in a humanistic manner; Conservative Jews are somewhere between the previous two; and ...
