RLG388H1 Final: Final Paper Proposal.docx
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Title: jewish-christian tensions continue to influence present day. Topic #1: talk about similarities between judaism and christianity. Judaism and christianity both believe in one god: they share the hebrew scriptures, mention similarities between scriptures. Topic #2: how do jews & christians define themselves: christians and jews are usually ignorant of each other"s true identities, leading to stereotypes. Explain some of these stereotypes: explain how jews define themselves: jews define themselves as being born to a jewish mother or father. Jews view themselves not only as members of a faith system, but as part of a peoplehood, culture, civilization, nation and more: explain how christians define themselves: there are many sects of christians. Describe the catholic church, and all the eastern catholic churches affiliated to the catholic. Topic #3: differences between judaism and christianity: explain time periods of when differences began i. e. the crucifixion of jesus. Include reasons for jewish-christian differences i. e. translations in dialogue, scriptures.
