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  1. Torah
    the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
  2. Tanakh
    the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings
  3. covenant
    an agreement between a god and the people
  4. polytheism
    belief in multiple gods
  5. monotheism
    belief in a single God
  6. atheist
    someone who denies the existence of god
  7. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
  8. retribution
    a justly deserved penalty
  9. inferno
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  10. Veda
    (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
  11. Rig-Veda
    a Veda consisting of a collection of Hindu poems dating from before 2000 BC
  12. Vedism
    the form of Hinduism that revolves primarily around the mythic version and ritual ideologies in the Vedas
  13. hymn
    a song of praise, especially a religious song
  14. deity
    a supernatural being worshipped as controlling the world
  15. Mecca
    joint capital of Saudi Arabia
  16. sura
    one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran
  17. archetype
    something that serves as a model
  18. myth
    a traditional story serving to explain a world view
Created on Mon Mar 08 13:43:45 EST 2010

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