Judaism - sacred stories including parables
Date Submitted: 07/04/2002 11:24:41
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 4 pages (1085 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 4 pages (1085 words)
JUDAISM - SACRED STORIES ...
The Jewish people have always used stories in order to convey principles they wanted to impart.
The Jews have retained a number of stories concerning the beginnings of the world and of humanity. Some of these stories have been borrowed and adapted from other peoples in the Near East, and given a distinctive Jewish colouring.
<Tab/>In two separate stories, the Jewish people described Creation. The first …
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…was like a daughter to him.
When there came a traveller to stay, the rich man refused to take on of his own flock or herd to provide for the wayfarer who had come to him. Instead he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for his guest.
David was angry and cried out: 'as Yahweh lives, the person who did this deserves to die!' And Nathan replied: 'You are that person.'
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