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        1 - The Biological Classification of Living Organisms According to the Holy Qur’ān and the Old Testament
        محیالدین قنبری
        There is no accurate description of a kind of "biological classification"in the Holy Qur’ān and the Old Testament. Moreover, in contrast to thebiological texts, Qur’ān and the Old Testament do not aim at scientificcategorization of creatures, and therefore i More
        There is no accurate description of a kind of "biological classification"in the Holy Qur’ān and the Old Testament. Moreover, in contrast to thebiological texts, Qur’ān and the Old Testament do not aim at scientificcategorization of creatures, and therefore it seems that their verses arethe reflection of their addressees’ knowledge of the nature. Both thesebooks have similar attitudes toward creatures– particularly plants– andperhaps these similarities are rooted in their same revelatory origin orthe similar cultural background of their prophets and their addressees.However, the Qur’ān’s description of creatures is more elaborate thanthat of the Old Testament.Therefore, only through logical deductions from the verses of HolyQur’ān, the Old Testament and their interpretations one can talk aboutthe "biological classification" according to these two scriptures. Thisessay tries to give an account of such classification and to comparetheir similarities and discrepancies. This leads us to this conclusion:The cosmology of the holy scriptures basically differ from theviewpoints of the Greek philosophers. Manuscript profile
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        2 - The Mental Base of Guilt in the Old and New Testaments: A Psychoanalytic Approach
        arastoo Mirani
        In religious Life guilt is a common emotional experience. This study has been carried out to find out: How the Old and New Testaments speak about guilt? What are the words used by the Old and New Testaments writers in explaining the mental process involved in experienci More
        In religious Life guilt is a common emotional experience. This study has been carried out to find out: How the Old and New Testaments speak about guilt? What are the words used by the Old and New Testaments writers in explaining the mental process involved in experiencing guilt? As Guilt was first vividly analyzed in psychoanalytic tradition, this question has also been discussed: Does the Bible’s language and narrative of guilt correspond to Psychoanalytic narrative and terms? In the Old Testament, guilt is dealt with more fully in Psalms. In the New Testament Paul is the Chief figure that describes and explains guilt. The Basic structure of guilt narrative is the same in the Old Testament, New Testament and Psychoanalysis, but throughout history differentiated words and terms have reinforced writer’ explanatory competence and they have reached a more explicit language. Manuscript profile
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        3 - A Comparative Study of Women's Rights in Divine Religions
        Vali Allah Safari Mohammad Reza Ayati Asghar Arabian
        A Comparative Study of Women's Rights in Divine ReligionsAbstractWomen's rights and their positions in the divine religions, especially in their books, have always been disputed and faced with different comments. A descriptive-analytical study of the contents of divine More
        A Comparative Study of Women's Rights in Divine ReligionsAbstractWomen's rights and their positions in the divine religions, especially in their books, have always been disputed and faced with different comments. A descriptive-analytical study of the contents of divine books shows that, for example, in psalms one can’t find especial regulations in this regard. Although, in the old testament, the creation of woman follows the creation of man, but, in the new testament, this point of view has been turned into a more modified form. Quran, in general, considered the creation of the two coming from a single spirit. Quran and the old testament both assign divorce and polygamy rights to men. While, the rights of social, religious, and political activities for women are in common between Quran and the new testament. Also, the prohibition of having an instrumental look towards women is the most important common point in the three abovementioned divine religious books.Keywords: Bible, Torah, Women's Rights, the Old Testament, the New Testament, Quran. Manuscript profile
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        4 - Orientalists and the distortion of the Noble Qur’an - A comparative study between the history of codification of the Old Testament and the Holy Qur’an.
        mohammad javad rahmati
        There is an agreement between Shiites and Sunnis that the Holy Qur'an does not contain any distortion, increase or decrease, for sure. Of course, they provide documents from the Qur'an itself and from the Sunnah as well. Including His saying, Blessed and Exalted be He: More
        There is an agreement between Shiites and Sunnis that the Holy Qur'an does not contain any distortion, increase or decrease, for sure. Of course, they provide documents from the Qur'an itself and from the Sunnah as well. Including His saying, Blessed and Exalted be He: “It is We who have sent down the Remembrance, and we will preserve it” (Al-Hijr 9). However, some orientalists took the path of challenging the Holy Qur’an by questioning the history of codification and compilation of the Holy Qur’an by analogy with their sacred books that were collected and codified during a long history after their prophets. So we made a comparison between the history of the Noble Qur’an and the history of the Old Testament; Until it becomes clear to us clearly that the Noble Qur’an continues and remains without any distortion, because it was collected and written down during the era of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace. Our study came in response to the statements of orientalists who said the Holy Qur’an has been distorted by dissecting their methodology in challenging the Holy Qur’an in its collection and codification, and by also showing the absurdity of their suspicions. The research was based on the inductive-analytical approach to reveal their malice through the belief of their scholars. Manuscript profile