Download Glossary of Jewish and Islamic Terms and more Quizzes Sociology of Religion in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 yetzer hatov:) DEFINITION 1 "good urge"human desire to be an obediant servant to God TERM 2 yetzer hara:( DEFINITION 2 "rebellious urge"desire to deviate from the Torah's commandments TERM 3 Musar DEFINITION 3 "instruction"movement to further ethical and spiritual discipline TERM 4 yeshivah DEFINITION 4 "sitting"formal academy(study) of Torah/religious texts TERM 5 *tzedekah DEFINITION 5 "righteousness"obligation to give to charity-collection is not enforced, but left to conscience-occasions associated with payment(birth, marriage, death, anniversaries)-most charity goes to jewish community-given rarely in unfriendly circumstances TERM 6 Ashkenazi DEFINITION 6 Jews descended from medieval jewish communitiesnear Germany TERM 7 Sephardic DEFINITION 7 jews of spanish orgin TERM 8 Ark DEFINITION 8 for Torah scrollsfacing Jerusalem TERM 9 menorah DEFINITION 9 7 branched metal candle holder TERM 10 Star of David DEFINITION 10 symbolizes king david(on his sheild)symbolized judaism TERM 21 bimah DEFINITION 21 reading desk, Torah read there TERM 22 mezuzah DEFINITION 22 "doorpost"placed at entrance to home TERM 23 nun DEFINITION 23 female equivalent to monk TERM 24 martyr DEFINITION 24 "witness"virtuoussacrifice/trying to imitate Jesus' sacrifice TERM 25 sin DEFINITION 25 jeopardizes salvation TERM 26 purgatory DEFINITION 26 sign of God's mercyneeds to be "purged" of sins before Heaven TERM 27 natural law DEFINITION 27 reasonable purpose or goal TERM 28 conscience DEFINITION 28 the ability to know right from wrong TERM 29 catacombs DEFINITION 29 passagways for relgious practiceburial place TERM 30 *relics DEFINITION 30 bodily remains, artifacts touched by the personmiracles frequentjoined haven/Divine with Earthsighn of bodily resurrectionhealing propertiesbasilicas/churchs had themneeded for church alters TERM 31 iconoclasm DEFINITION 31 "the destroying of images"fear of idolatry TERM 32 consistory DEFINITION 32 Roman catholic church TERM 33 secular DEFINITION 33 from this ageworldly TERM 34 wajib DEFINITION 34 legally required TERM 35 mandub DEFINITION 35 "recommended" TERM 46 mihrab DEFINITION 46 niche indicted the quibla TERM 47 minbar DEFINITION 47 pulpit TERM 48 mahram DEFINITION 48 steps where they preach TERM 49 'awra DEFINITION 49 the private parts/what they shouldnt show(legs, hair, arms) TERM 50 *hijab DEFINITION 50 the (action of) covering of womans hairsometimes the faceby muslim women outside the home(to men that cannot be your husband) TERM 51 ijtihad DEFINITION 51 where you educate a muslim makes up his interpretation TERM 52 jahiliyya DEFINITION 52 extreme ignorance TERM 53 Ayatollah DEFINITION 53 "sign of god"shi'ite high scholar TERM 54 Shari'a DEFINITION 54 islamic law
