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judaism, christianity, islam
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
02/14/2013

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Circumcision
Definition
Covenant of commitment to God by the cutting of the foreskin
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Covenant
Definition
agreements with stipulations and rewards with God
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Exodus
Definition
the migration if Hebrews from Egypt under the leadership of Moses, later understood to mark the birth of the Israelite nation
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Kosher
Definition
dietary laws
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Messiah
Definition
Jesus, savior/deliever. rescue them from the romans
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Monotheism
Definition
the belief of one God.
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Midrash
Definition
commentary on scripture
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Mishnah
Definition
Hebrew summary of oral law--inherited from the pharisees and ascribed to Moses, arranged by topic; edited by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi before 220 CE, it has an authority paralleling that of the written Torah
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Septuagint
Definition
the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures produced in
Alexandria in Hellenistic times.
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Shema
Definition
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deut. 6:4-5
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Synagogue
Definition
place of worship
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Talmuds
Definition
the records of debates
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Tanakh
Definition
an acronmy referring to the entire hebrew bible Torah (or law) Nei'im (or prophets), and Ketuvim (or sacred writings).
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Torah
Definition
a word meaning "teaching" or "instruction"; applied most specifically to the law of Moses but may also refer to the entire scripture, including commentaries
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Yahweh
Definition
God
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Abraham
Definition
2000 BC
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David (date)
Definition
Monarchy 1000 BCE
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Babylonian Exile
Definition
586 BCE
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Destruction of Second Temple
Definition
70 CE
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Mishnah is written down
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220 CE
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Israel established as state
Definition
1948
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Jesus' Birth
Definition
4 BC
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Jesus' Death
Definition
30 CE
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Christianity becomes legal
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380 CE
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The church splits East and West
Definition
1054 CE
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The Protestant Reformation
Definition
1517
Term
Muhammad's Birth
Definition
570 CE
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Islam is officially established
Definition
622
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Bible
Definition
Christians old testament and new testament
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Church
Definition
where Christians worship
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Christ
Definition
the Greek translation of the Hebrew word for messiah 'anointed'
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Gospel
Definition
the good news of redemption that the Hebrew prophets had promised. The gospels are the accounts of Jesus' life attributed to his disciples mark, Matthew, Luke, john.
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incarnation
Definition
the embodiment of the divine in human form.
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Ressurection
Definition
Jesus' rising from the dead
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Salvation
Definition
the "soultion" confess with your mouth that Jesus is lord,and believe in your heart that he rose from the dead. then you will be saved.
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Sin
Definition
the problem, going against what God says, the 10 commandments.
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Trinity
Definition
father son and the holy spirit as one
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Ecumenism
Definition
the movement toward Christian unity
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Faith/ Works
Definition
Technique
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Jihad
Definition
struggle in defence of the faith; some jihads are military, waged; others are spiritual, waged to improve moral conduce in society
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Shari'ah
Definition
the specific regulations of Islamic law
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Sunnah
Definition
the 'life-example' of Muhammads words and deeds, based mainly on the Hidith literature; the primary source of guidance for Muslims
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Surah
Definition
a chapter of the Qur'an; there are 114 in all, arranged mainly in decreasing order of length except for the first
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Allah
Definition
Arab word meaning God.
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Islam
Definition
submission
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Imam
Definition
anyone who serves as the leader of prayer at the mosque
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submission
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