SOCIAL SCIENCES

Social Sciences



Social Sciences

Task 2 M1

Main Believes and Practices of both Christians and Judaists

Origin place

Jerusalem

Israel

Founder of Religion

Jesus Christ

Abraham

Practices

Sacraments, prayers, worship in church, acts of charity, reading of the Bible, holy communion

Jews offers three prayers daily and they recite their fourth prayer on holidays and Shabbat. In morning they pray Shacarit, Mincha in afternoon and at night Arvit abd the Musaf is extra prayer of Shabbat.

Deity Concept

They believe that God is eternally supreme as the preserver and creator of the world. According to them trinity exists as three beings one God head Father, the son and the Holy spirit.

They believe in one and only God and on the teaching and the tradition of the rabbis and Prophets.

Scriptures

Their book the Holy Bible is a collection of canonical book that has 2 parts Old Testament and the New testaments

Torah, Tanakh

Concept of life after the death

They believe that men are appointed to only die once and after the death he has to face judgment. Those who get redeemed will live in heaven and those who get rejected by God will suffer in hell

They believe that after death there is world to come.

Place of Worship

Chapel, Church, basilica, cathedral.

Western Wall, Synagogues

Principle:

They believe that God has created the man and man sinned and fell under the curse of Him. God has redeems the sinful man due to shed of the Jesus Christ blood. Those whom He redeems He regenerate them and they get born again

They consider themselves as the chosen people of God and they must have to follow their Covenant with Him.

Marriage

According to majority Christian's marriage is between one of the man and the women assigned by God, whereas some believes that it is just between two people no gender discrimination. It's just between two people who loves and are faithful with each other

According marriage can only take place between one man and women and it can also be a love marriage.

Clothes

No prohibitions

Jews usually wears the skullcaps known as kippot and yarmulkes. While praying the men above 13 years wear shawls that are called Tallit and they have black boxes which they consider as the spiritual connection with God and this box is known as Tefillin

Holy Days

Christmas the day of the birth of Jesus, Good Friday the death day of Jesus, Sunday the rest day and the Easter day of Jesus resurrection

Yom Kippur, Rosh HaShanah, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Tu BiShvat, Chanukah, Passover, Purim, Lag Shavout, Baomer,. The holidays are given by God in Torah or else commemorate created to historical events. Remembrance of Holocaust

Conclusion

The conclusion that we can make on the basis of above stated Christians and Judaism believes, practices, wedding, holy days, and etc that indeed these religions seems to contrast to each other but there are many differences that exist in their religion. Their holy day, holy book, clothes and concept of life after death is totally different from each other. From above table we can observe that the Judaism has the Holy dress but Christians ...