Holy Book, the Old Testament and Family Life

Afifa Rashid; Syed Naeem Badshah

doi:10.46896/jicc.v1i2.27

Afifa Rashid M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Islamic Studies ,University of Agriculture Peshawar
Syed Naeem Badshah Chairperson, Department of Islamic Studies, The University of Agriculture Peshawar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46896/jicc.v1i2.27

Abstract

Judaism is one of the ancient religions of the world. Judaism not only consist
of primary beliefs and theoretical aspects of life, it also discusses the
important social problems of human life and provides light for it. Due to this,
it was expected from the leaders of this religion that they will elaborate the
social relations and injunctions in a way which is balanced and safe from
deviation. However, these scholars could not perform this duty as they were
supposed to and they absolutely failed in fulfilling their responsibility.
Particularly, they deviated from the right path in the case of the divine
relationship of marriage and now they are indulged in some customs of
extreme form which are far away from truth.
Judaism was based on revelation and it was backed by the teachings of
Prophets. However, the followers of Judaism made so many changes in this
religion that it is injustice to call Judaism anymore. Particularly, they have
ascribed superstitious beliefs and theories about women. In this article, an
attempt has been made to explore family life in light of the Old Testament.