Judaism and Hinduism are the two oldest religions. Judaism has at it's core very essential teachings of a good and noble life based on positive and conscious actions.
Though many may be aware of this. India has had resident Jewish communities for more than a millennium. Regular visits by Jewish merchants and sailors from West Asia go back two millennia and more. This book tells the story of the three strands of Indian Jews--the ancient Bene Israel and Cochini Jewish communities and the more recent (18th-20th century) community of West-India Jews, the 'Baghdadis', their inter-relations and interactions, both among themselves and with the Hindu and Muslim...
The present book is a comparative and evaluative study of Hindu, Christian and Jewish mysticism. Not much work is done in the field, though there are sketchy studies of any two of these schools and not all together Again the author has taken within his scope, not only the three schools of Vedanta, but has considered the four important Upanisad viz. Isa, Kena, Katha and Mundaka. He has then dealt with Christianity, with reference to the New Testament and the Christian Mystics. He has drawn on...
Love, affection and brotherhood are the essence of life. Religions preach
human beings to live in peace. Hinduism favours Bhakti Yoga next to Karma Yoga.
Buddhism makes human beings follow middle-path. Jainism conditions on Karma.
Sikhism supports love, affection and brotherhood. Eastern religions support for
systematic progress of human beings. Islam and related faiths justifies God as
the merciful, benevolent and benefactor. Christianity relies on Jesus Christ
who's proved Him to...
This book provides an encyclopedic view of the history, people, and practices of the world’s major and alternative religions. From Aaron to Zoroastrianism, nearly 300 entries examine key religious figures, prophets, deities, places, and scriptures, augmented by some 100 illustrations. A Handy GK Book A To Z of World Religions examines the world’s major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It also describes spiritual practices that predate organized religion....
The expression 'Mythicism' has come to be used to identify the negative side of the debate whether 'Jesus of Nazareth' was or was not a historical person. This book examines five major types of challenges to Jesus' historicity: I. In the first Section, Robert M. Price's article, "New Testament Narrative as Old Testament Midrash", and Thomas L. Brodie's book, Beyond the Quest for the Historical Jesus, reviewed by Rene Salm, reveal a layer of fictional mimetic dependence of many...
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