Sacred Texts - Judaism and Christianity

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Abdullah Alotaibi

TRS-202

Judaism

In the Judaism texts, I believe that the Tract Rosh Hashana text explains the Jewish religion best. It explains the religion best because Jewish people are always practicing a ritual, in fact they have a lot of rituals to follow daily, therefor because in this text, it is about the importance of Ritual and how no ritual or celebration can be skipped since it will impact the future rituals and celebrations. This text shows that ritual is something that is important and should not be taken lightly. In the Kabbala text, it was just a prayer and for the Punishment of the Nephilim text, it was a story about sin and how even angels fall for it, they were both stories that explain Judaism well, however, to me Ritual is the best explanation for Judaism and it is also constant and current, not just a historic tale or prayer.

Christianity

The Sermon on the Mount text explains Christianity best because is it basically stating what Christians should follow in order to ensure that they are honoring God and respecting him. Actions and words are strong, do not take them lightly, everything that you do counts and affects people as well as your relationship with God, always have respect and be considerate of others, be selfless and you will earn God’s mercy and succeed in Christianity. In the A Treatise on Love text, it also explains Christianity perfectly since Christians care about showing love to others so in this text is was showing the importance of love and how it is a Christian ritual. Love shields one from evil. The Anima Christi was just a text on how Christ is a savior, it wasn't elaborate in how Christians should act, like in the other two texts.