Study for Religion Final

Of the multiple political/religious movements that were active in Jesus’ time. The group that Jesus stood closest to.

The Hebrew Scriptures [the Christian Old Testament] include mention of other gods besides Yahweh [Jehovah] (God of Jews)

Fasting from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan

In Islam the collection of interest on loans and investments is forbidden. 

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In the Qur’an’s teaching about the day of judgment, Allah is shown to be the supreme judge holding each individual...

In the teaching of Islam, no legitimate prophet will succeed Muhammad.

According to the biblical prophets individuals are responsible for their face-to-face dealings but not for the social...

One argument offered for the legitimacy of the modern State of Israel is that the experience of the Holocaust is proof..

Islam introduced laws against infanticide, especially the killing of newborn female children.

Jesus was in full agreement with those movements that were in accord with the lines that distinguished and...

The literary quality and beauty of the Arabic poetry in the Qur’an can be attributed to Muhammed’s superior education.

Two and one half present of one’s holdings are to be distributed to the poor

As a young man Muhammed went to work for a wealthy older widow who owned a caravan business. Later the two entered...

Religious/political movement in Jesus’ time that advocated making the best of a bad situation in Judea.

The earliest followers of Muhammed were those who found solace in his condemnations of unjust economic practices and...

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After Muhammed’s success in defeating the hostile forces of Mecca Muhammed immediate moved his forces into Mecca...

In Islam, polygamy is permissible only if the husband could love each wife equally.

Religious reform movement in Jesus’ time that sought to revitalize Judaism  through strict adherence to the Mosaic...

Judaism finds the nature of its God actively revealed in the event of the Exodus, a God who hears the cries of oppressed

The fact that it is impossible to discover what Jesus thought of himself suggests that Jesus was far more concerned...

Correspondences to all Jesus’ teachings can be found in the Jewish scriptures and the Talmud.

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Under Islam’s rules for inheritance, daughters were to inherit only one half of what their brothers inherited.

After his commission as Allah’s prophet Muhammed proved the authenticity of his call with frequent powerful signs and...

Judaism sanctions all the good things of life – eating, marriage, children, nature – on the condition that they are made

The only way to make sense of Jesus’ extraordinary admonitions is to see them as cut from his understanding of the...

A major contribution of the biblical prophets to civilization arose from conviction that the future of any people...

The Prophetic Principle that characterizes the message of the biblical prophets is that God has high standards, that God

A fundamental difference between the Qur’an and the Bible is that in the       Qur’an, God [Allah] speaks directly...

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The word “Islam” means the peace that comes from a life of surrender to the will of Allah [the god].

At the time of Muhammad’s death he had succeeded in putting an end to the inter-tribal conflicts and wars and in...

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Responsible for the catastrophic revolt of 66 – 70 A.D. second destruction of  the Temple in Jerusalem.

Even greater than the understanding of the experience of exile in Babylon as God’s punishment for sin was an a

Jewish reform movement in Jesus’ time that considered the world to corrupt to allow for faith’s reflowering, so they...

According to Islamic theology, the religion of Islam arose as a result of the socio-religious situation at the time...

Islam retained the Arab practice under which man’s oldest son inherits all of a man’s wealth when he died.

In Islam, the Qur’an obliges Muslims are to defend synagogues and churches.

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One argument in favor the Judaism’s understanding of its ultimate reality as more like a person that a thing is the...

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The biblical prophets functioned as the social conscience of Israel, a reforming political force which history has...

Similar to the religions that arose in India and Greek philosophy, Judaism takes a negative view of the material world

From the New Testament we have an abundance of details that allow us to know exactly what happened after Jesus’....

According to our textbook the historical Jesus was a charismatic wonder-worker who stood in a tradition that...

Christian belief reflected a conviction that the executed Jesus had been resuscitated and had resumed his former body

An enormous question for modern Judaism is what does it mean to be God’s chosen people when God permitted the...

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The ethical dimensions of the biblical Ten Commandments are important because of their uniqueness, not its universality

Muhammed’s commission as Allah’s prophet came after a fifteen-year period of prayer and reflection upon the mysteries...

The Qur’an and the Bible are in parallel in their accounts of Abraham’s first born son Ishmael.

Given that Western Civilization’s ideals of freedom and justice were largely shaped by Judaism, many Jews today....

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Early believers in Jesus found themselves thinking that if divine goodness were somehow to be manifest in human...

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The overall understanding from the Hebrew Bible is that human nature is depraved and that sex is evil.

Among the characteristics that contribute to the Jewish estimate of history are:

Throughout Islam the extremes that have evolved in some places with respect to the veiling and seclusion of women are...

What made the memory of Jesus’ cures and healings outlive his time and place was his use of the Spirit not only to....

Within Islam, the degree in which racial equality and interracial coexistence is present is reflected in the....

In Islam the resort to violence and war is permissible only as a last resort when necessary to defend one’s religion...

Among the biblical visions of the way the Messianic age would arrive are:

According to Huston Smith, the author of our textbook the key to the achievement of the Jews lies:

The most important fact for the understanding of Jesus’ historical career is that Jesus’ appearance and activities...

Jesus can be characterized as a social reformer who challenged boundaries of the existing order and advocated an...

At least one in a person’s life if possible make the pilgrimage to Mecca. 

Islam improved the status of women by insisting that women could not be forced to marry against their will.

The Hebrew’s conception of the characteristics of their God include:

There is no god but God and Muhammed is God’s prophet. 

A biblical prophet primarily is an individual who

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