... 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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