Jewish_Synagogues_And_Islamic_Mosques_Compare_And_Contrast

Jewish Synagogues And Islamic Mosques Compare And Contrast Compare and Contrast Jewish Synagogues and Islamic Mosques "I hereby attest that this essay is entirely my own original work, excepting only that the work of others is properly noted and cited where incorporated into my own work. Thus, it is fair and honest for me to ask this work to be evaluated and marked by the instructor for a grade in this Humanities I course." The Jewish word for synagogue is beth ha-knesset, house of assembly. This means that wherever Jewish people live, the synagogue lies at the very center of communal life. (Gruber, 1999) Of all Muslim institutions, the mosque is the most important place for the public expression of the Islamic religion and communal identity. A mosque is physical proof of the public presence of Muslims and serves as a point of convergence for Islamic social and intellectual activity. (Frishman, 1994) The Jewish synagogue and the Islamic Mosque have some things in common as to what they represent in a city and how everyday life and practices are centered around them. There are also some similarities as to what one would find inside a synagogue and a mosque. But there are some differences as mosques, mosque, islamic, synagogues, one, synagogue, jewish, muslim, both, work, people, gruber, differences, 1999, styles, stucco, own, mecca, life, important, frishman, design, center, architectural, allowed, 1994, worship, word, towers, toward, thus, throughout, things, suit, similarities