Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Origins
Hell, as it exists in the Western popular imagination, has its origins in Hellenized Christianity, particularly taken from adaptation of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Religious Accounts
Hell appears in several mythologies and religions in different guises, and is commonly inhabited by demons and the souls of dead people. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Religious Accounts
Hell appears in several mythologies and religions in different guises, and is commonly inhabited by demons and the souls of dead people. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia - Hell
Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. The English word 'hell' comes from the Teutonic 'H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology: Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology
Jewish eschatology is concerned with Mashiach (the Jewish Messiah) the continuation of the Davidic line, and Olam Haba (Hebrew for "the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Principles Of Faith: Encyclopedia - Jewish Principles Of Faith
There are a number of basic Jewish principles of faith that one is expected to uphold in order to be said to be in consonance with the Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uriel Archangel: Encyclopedia - Uriel Archangel
Uriel (אוּרִיאֵל "Flame of God", Standard Hebrew Uriʾel, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÛrîʾēl) is one of the archangels of post-Exilic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Religious Pluralism: Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Religious Pluralism
This article deals with Jewish views of religious pluralism. Religious pluralism is a set of religious worldviews that hold that one's re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion
All the Abrahamic religions are derived to some extent from Judaism as practiced in ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah prior to the Bab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity
The article Judaism and Christianity compares and contrasts two closely related Abrahamic religions that are in some ways parallel to eac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zohar: Encyclopedia - Zohar
The Zohar (Hebrew זהר "Splendor, radiance") is widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. It is a mystic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midrash: Encyclopedia - Midrash
Midrash (Hebrew: מדרש; plural midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to a method of exegesis of a Biblical text. The term "midrash" al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sin: Encyclopedia - Sin
Sin has been a term most usually used in a religious context, and today describes any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satan: Encyclopedia - Satan
Satan (שָׂטָן Standard Hebrew Satan, Greek and Latin Sátanas, Tiberian Hebrew Śāṭān; Aramaic שִׂטְנָא Śaṭanâ: bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Christianity And Anti-semitism
This article is about the history of Christianity and anti-Semitism. Anti-Jewish sentiment has been expressed by many Christians over the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia - Demon
In religion, folklore, and mythology a demon or demoness is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leviathan: Encyclopedia - Leviathan
Leviathan (לִוְיָתָן "Twisted; coiled", Standard Hebrew Livyatan, Tiberian Hebrew Liwyāṯān) was a Biblical sea monster refer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility toward or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature: Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature
Apocalyptic literature was a new genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millenni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catechism: Encyclopedia - Catechism
A catechism is a summary or exposition of doctrine, traditionally used in Christian religious teaching. Catechisms are doctrinal manuals ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment: Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment
Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted felon as a punishment for a crime (often calle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia - Religion
Religion (see etymology below) —sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia - Angel
An angel is an ethereal being found in many religions, whose duties are to assist and serve God or the gods. Angel - Etymology. The Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Understanding Of The Bible
Jews and Christians seek authority from many of the same basic books, but they conceive of these books in significantly different ways. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Eschatology - The Afterlife And Olam Haba The World To Come
Although Judaism concentrates on the importance of the Earthly world, all of classical Judaism posits an afterlife. Jewish tradition affi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dovber Of Mezeritch: Encyclopedia Ii - Dovber Of Mezeritch - Biography
Little is known of Baer's youth, and scarcely more of the interval preceding his conversion to Hasidism. In all probability he was educat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Judaism
Jewish tradition and law does not presume that women have more or less of an aptitude or moral standing required of rabbis. However, it h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Principles Of Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Principles Of Faith - Jewish Principles Of Faith
Jewish principles of faith - Monotheism. Judaism is based on a strict unitarian monotheism, the belief in one God. The prayer par excel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satan: Encyclopedia Ii - Satan - In Rabbinic Literature
Early rabbinic Jewish statements in the Mishnah and Talmud show that Satan played little or no role in Jewish theology. In the course of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zohar: Encyclopedia Ii - Zohar - Appendices And Additions
The Zohar is not considered complete without the addition of certain appendixes, which are often attributed either to the same author, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sin: Encyclopedia Ii - Sin - Jewish Views Of Sin
Judaism regards the violation of divine commandments to be a sin. Judaism uses this term to include violations of Jewish law that are not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Religious Pluralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Religious Pluralism - Modern Post-enlightenment Era Jewish Views
Jewish views of religious pluralism - Views on dialogue with non-Jews in general. Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ovadia Yosef: Encyclopedia Ii - Ovadia Yosef - Controversy
Among secular Israelis, Yosef is mainly famous for being the leader of the political party called Shas and for his fierce and sharp rheto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Origins
The origins of Judaism and the ancestral Abrahamic religion are still obscure. The only source generally agreed by all to be canonical th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Abortion
Both Jews and Christians regard pregnancy as a gift from God, and hold children to be miracles. The only statements in the Tanakh (Hebrew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Topics - List Of Lists
Ayyavazhi Religion - Bible stories - Biblical names - Born-again Christian laypeople - Buddhist terms and concepts - Cathedrals - Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Afterlife
Most Abrahamic religions agree that a human being comprises the body, which dies, and the soul, which need not do so. The soul, capable o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mormonism And Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mormonism And Judaism - Comparison Between Mormonism And Judaism
Mormonism and Judaism - Nature of God. Although monotheism is a fundamental tenet of Judaism, the Jewish religion arose and was codifie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Religious Scriptures
All these religions rely on a body of scriptures, some of which are considered to be the word of God — hence sacred and unquestionable ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Mystic Doctrines In Talmudic Times
In Talmudic times the terms Ma'aseh Bereshit ("Works of Creation") and Ma'aseh Merkabah ("Works of the Divine Throne/Chariot") clearly in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In The Hebrew Bible
Demons as described in the Tanakh are not the same as "demons" commonly known in popular or Christian culture. The demons mentioned in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment - Religious Views On Capital Punishment
Capital punishment - Buddhism and capital punishment. The first of the Five Precepts (Panca-sila) is to abstain from destruction of lif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment - Religious Views On Capital Punishment
Capital punishment - Buddhism and capital punishment. The first of the Five Precepts (Panca-sila) is to abstain from destruction of lif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In The Hebrew Bible
Demons as described in the Tanakh are not the same as "demons" commonly known in popular or Christian culture. The demons mentioned in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Love
Love is a central value in both Judaism and Christianity. In Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, literary critic Harold Bloom argues that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Apocalyptic Literature - New Testament Apocalyptic
When we pass from Jewish literature to that of the New Testament, we enter into a new and larger atmosphere at once recalling and transce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment - Views And Opinions Concerning The Death Penalty
Support for the death penalty varies widely, and it can be a highly contentious political issue, particularly in democracies that use it....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment - Views And Opinions Concerning The Death Penalty
Support for the death penalty varies widely, and it can be a highly contentious political issue, particularly in democracies that use it....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment - Views And Opinions Concerning The Death Penalty
Support for the death penalty varies widely, and it can be a highly contentious political issue, particularly in democracies that use it....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To Relating To The Beliefs Of Others
Adherents of particular religions deal with the differing doctrines and practices espoused by other religions in a variety ways. All stra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment - Views And Opinions Concerning The Death Penalty
Support for the death penalty varies widely, and it can be a highly contentious political issue, particularly in democracies that use it....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Hell In Entertainment And Other Popular Culture
Philip José Farmer in his Riverworld series (1971) created perhaps the best science fiction depiction of a "man" made hell created with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Non-religious Context
The word "Hell" used away from its religious context was long considered to be profanity, particularly in North America. Although its use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Non-religious Context
The word "Hell" used away from its religious context was long considered to be profanity, particularly in North America. Although its use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Hell In Literature
Many of the great epics of European literature include episodes that occur in Hell. In the Roman poet Virgil's Latin epic, the Aeneid, Ae...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - H
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - H . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article