The priesthood was purified and mixed marriages dealt with as the principles of the law became applied to every detail of life. Gradually many Jews came to believe that here lay the only real proof of who was a true Jew: vigorous, unflinching obedience to the teachings of Torah. Scribes became the priestly interpreters of the Torah, setting forth their own authoritative teachings...
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By the second century BC the Pharisees taught that the oral law carried the same authority as the law of Moses. Later Jesus denied that the traditions of men were equal in authority to the written law (Mark 7:1 - 23); in addition, Paul denied that man could be justified before God by perfect obedience to that law (Gal...
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Beliefs And Practices: Judaism, Buddhism, And Hinduism It is believed that Moses, in fury of the sight of people disobeying G-d, threw down and destroyed them. No one knows where the tablets remain today. Jewish people eat kosher food, and celebrate the holiday of Rosh Hashanah...	6 / 1477
Comparisons of Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism As the Upanishads developed a spiritual Hinduism, the Bhagvad Gita established a more devotional religion. In it, faith (completion of caste duties, believing in the wisdom of the gods) led to salvation...	2 / 455
Hasidic Judaism They are as follows: You may not worship Idols; Do not blaspheme God; You must establish courts of Justice; you may not kill; you may not commit adultery and you may not rob...	3 / 669
Hinduism And Buddhism The soul is forced to live life after life until it is pure enough to return to Brahma. The cycles of rebirths are called samsara, or the Wheel of Life, by the Hindus...	9 / 2445