Essays on Holy City

The Nehan zu painting depicting the death of Sakyamuni, the historical Buddha is one of the oldest and greatest work of art ever to be made. Its significance emerges in the fact that it communicated an open and easy to elaborate message to the lovers of art and the general public at large, but more so to the Buddhism community of faithful. Sakyamuni is deemed as lying on a dais that is constructed with lots of jewels and marbles, with his head been laid on his right arm, facing the right side of his arm. Sakyamuni’s dais is ...

Religion as a subject has been studied extensively by several scholars with an aim to show distinction and origins. Various aspects of religion are not explored leaving only a select few scholars with similar ideas or related concepts to propagate said thought processes. Thomas tweed is such a scholar. He has extensively conducted research in the area of religious space and defined it in a number of ways that will be explored in this thesis. Jerusalem, a popular and oldest city known to man, is a god example that can be used to better shed light into the theories ...

Introduction

Judaism is one of the major religions of the world. It encompasses the religious beliefs, practices as well as the way of life of the Jews. Among the major aspects of Judaism are religious symbols and rituals, which are of great significance to the Jewish faith. However, it has faced challenges over the centuries that have led to several changes especially in the belief system and the way of life among the Jews. This paper explores Judaism in the three major periods in its history.

Ancient Judaism

It entails the earliest forms of Judaism. It encompasses the basics of the religion ...