By analyzing works such as "The Nature and Origin of the Palestinian Synagogue Reconsidered " by Lee Levine, "The Pharisees"" by Joachim Schaper, "Apocalyptic: The Disclosure of Heavenly Knowledge" by Christopher Rowland, and "Scripting Jesus"" by L. ... "First and foremost, the synagogue served the full range of needs of a particular community, states Levine in his argument for the origin of the Synagogue. ... Levine suggests that, "In addressing the issue of the origin of the Synagogue, scholars in the past have almost invariably tried to pinpoint the historical context or moment that led to...

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It is the personal responsibility of each person in Islam to read the Quran as much as possible, for it is the literal word of Allah and must be taken verbatim. ... The religions are connected through their origins and developed the same manner for which a person can honorably repent for ones misdeeds. ... The moral code of living that is accepted is directly from the Quran, and this is considered to be the literal word of Allah, directly transcribed to Muhammad by Allah himself and it is complete and unchangeable. ...

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Compare and Contrast essay: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism Introduction of Religions Christianity most widely distributed of the world religions, having substantial representation in all the populated continents of the globe. Its total membership may exceed 1.7 billion people. Islam, a major world...

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