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Articles on Judaism: its scripture, law, history and its relations with Christianity and Islam. Browse the articles.
25 articles carry this tag.
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Safed and Tiberias: the holy cities of Galilee
Safed and Tiberias, two of Judaism’s four holy cities: the sages, the Masoretes, the mystics of Safed and the Qur’an’s praise of…
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Shiloh and Masada: sanctuary and fortress
Shiloh and Masada: the first sanctuary of ancient Israel, where the Ark rested, and the last fortress against Rome. With the Ark…
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Jews and Muslims in history: the record under Islam
Do Muslims hate Jews? What the Qur’an commands, and what historians find in the record of Jewish life under Islam compared with…
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Harut and Marut: the two angels of Babylon
Who were Hārūt and Mārūt? The Qur’an’s sober account of two angels at Babylon who warned before they taught, and the later…
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Saul in the Qur’an: the story of Talut
Who is Saul in the Qur’an? The story of Ṭālūt, Israel’s first king, his test at the river and David’s victory over…
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Can a Muslim marry a Christian? Interfaith marriage
Can a Muslim marry a Christian or a Jew? The Qur’an’s rule, the rights Islamic law gave the wife, and how Jewish…
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The Messiah in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
What does Messiah mean? Mashiach, Christos and al-Masīḥ: the anointed one in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and the Qur’an’s account of Jesus…
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Religious law in the Abrahamic traditions: halakhah, canon law and the sharīʿah
Jewish halakhah, Christian canon law, the Islamic sharīʿah and the Mandaean rules of purity: what each is, where it comes from, and…
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Food and faith: kosher, halal and the Christian table
Why Jews and Muslims do not eat pork, why most Christians do, and what Mandaeans may not eat: the food laws of…
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Are the Abrahamic religions violent? War and peace in scripture and history
Has religion caused most wars? What the historical record shows, what the scriptures of each tradition command about war and peace, and…
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Judaism vs Christianity: answers for Reddit readers
Are Judaism and Christianity the same religion? What divides them, which Bible each reads, and whether Christians keep the law: short, sourced…
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The parting of the ways: how Christianity separated from Judaism
Jesus and his disciples were Jews. How did their movement become a separate religion? From Acts and Paul to the two wars…