EDER 521 Lecture Notes - Arabian Peninsula, Halakha, Church Fathers
9 Feb 2013
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The adherents are called muslims, jews, and christians. There are 1. 3 billion muslims, 14 million jews and 2 billion christians. Islam is the 2nd largest, judaism 12th and christianity the current largest religion in the world. Major concentrations are in the middle east, and south east asia for. Islam; israel, europe and usa for judaism; europe north and south. Sacred texts: qur an (koran) for islam, bible (old testaments) for. Other written authorities include the hadith for islam; talmud, Midrash and responsa for judaism; church fathers, church councils, papal decrees (catholic only) for christians. Religious law include the sharia for islam; halakhah for judaism; The clergies include the imams for islam; the rabbis for judaism; House of worship: mosque for islam; synanogue for judaism; church, chapel and cathedral for christianity. The main day of worship: friday for islam; saturday for judaism; Date founded: 622 ce islam; judaism apparently is unknown (correct me if im wrong); c. 33 ce christianity.
