... religions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam, share the belief of one god, the same god and because of this they are referred to as monotheistic. 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, Christianity practices Trinitarian monotheism. The oneness of God in ... is that God created humanity "in his image". There has always been much debate about what is meant by the term, "in his image". However, a popular interpretation of this is that during creation, God designed humans ...

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... books in the Writings are supposed to be the work of prophets working in a normal manner. (Rosenberg pg. 36) Although most Jews lived by the laws of the Torah, the interpretation of the Torah is what caused the Jewish people to divide into three major sections: the Sadducees, Essenes, and Pharisees. The Sadducees believed in the Torah and only the Torah ... in an oral Torah (which would later become the Talmud) that consisted of various laws and observances and methods of interpreting the written Torah. The Pharisees prided themselves on their strict conformity to the law as they interp...

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... through the teachings of its 10 Gurus enshrined in the Sikh Holy Book and Living Guru, Sri Guru Granth Sahib. The name Sikh' signifies disciple', and in later days the strict observers or elect were called Khalsa. The founder of the sect, Nanak (now known as Sri Guru Nanak Deva) was a Hindu belonging to the Kshastrya caste. He was born near ... not many. They baptize their infants, and their services range from Spartan to ornate, and from liberal to conservative. They worship based on the Book of Common Prayer and an interpretation of the Bible using a modified version of the Thirty-Nin...

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... from the heart, the evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, and blasphemy. These are what truly defile a person, not the unwashed hands. In Matthew's gospel Pharisee's are a very strict Jewish people. They believe that Judaism's main focus was around the law and the observance of the law. There was mutual hostility between the Pharisee's and Jesus. John the Baptist ... 's death, the focus seems to be more on the Sadducee's and the scribes for that event. This focus on the Pharisees like this goes hand in hand with Matthew's Jewish interpretation of Jesus's life...

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... treat all Jews with moral disgust and hatred. 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 ... you, and walk with you I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you." We also notice that Shylock treats his daughter like a servant; his language is strict, abrupt without any expression of kindness or love. "Lock up my doors But...

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