Main article: Sex differences in humansThere are natural differences between the sexes based on biological and anatomic factors, most notably differing reproductive roles. Biological differences inclu ...
Several factors affect the feminization of poverty, and these factors place women at high risk of poverty. Though low income is the major cause, there are many interrelated facets of this problem. Lon ...
Parvata is one of the Sanskrit words for "mountain"; "Parvati" derives her name from being the daughter of king Himavan (also called Himavat, Parvat) and mother Mena. King Parvat is considered lord of ...
Shiva's form: Shiva has a trident in the right lower arm, and a crescent moon on his head. He is said to be fair like camphor or like an ice clad mountain. He wears five serpents and a garland of skul ...
The Sanskrit word Shiva (Devanagari: ???, ?iva) comes from Shri Rudram Chamakam of Taittiriya Samhita (TS 4.5, 4.7) of Krishna Yajurveda. The root word is means auspicious. In simple English trans ...
The English word "trinity" is derived from Latin trinitas, meaning "the number three, a triad". This abstract noun is formed from the adjective trinus (three each, threefold, triple), as the word unit ...
Main article: Holy Spirit (Judaism)The Hebrew language phrase ruach ha-kodesh (Hebrew: ??? ?????, "holy spirit" also transliterated rua? ha-qodesh) is a term used in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) ...
The phrase "image of God" is found in three passages in the Hebrew Bible, all in the Book of Genesis (1-11):Gen 1:26–28And God said: 'Let us make man in our image/b’tsalmeinu, after our likenesss/ki ...
Like other literature from antiquity, the text of the New Testament was (prior to the advent of the printing press) preserved and transmitted in manuscripts. Manuscripts containing at least a part of ...
Main article: Intertestamental periodThe New Testament is a story already in progress when the reader begins at its beginning—Matthew 1:1. Much had taken place during the intertestamental period betw ...
Some Jews reject the term denomination as a label for different groups and ideologies within Judaism, arguing that the notion of denomination has a specifically Christian resonance that does not trans ...
There are a number of basic principles that were formulated by medieval rabbinic authorities. These principles were put forth as fundamental underpinnings inherent in the "acceptance and practice of J ...
Shekinah is derived from the Hebrew verb ???. The Semitic root means literally to settle, inhabit, or dwell. The abstract noun is unattested in the Tanakh, and is first encountered in rabbinical wr ...
The earliest written form of the Germanic word God (always, in this usage, capitalized) comes from the 6th-century Christian Codex Argenteus. The English word itself is derived from the Proto-Germanic ...
Although Kabbalah propounds the Unity of God, one of the most serious and sustained criticisms is that it may lead away from monotheism, and instead promote dualism, the belief that there is a superna ...
