The ancient Israelites–that is, the ancestors of Jews today–broke with surrounding polytheistic practices and insisted that all other or ‘foreign’ gods must be rejected. This is known as the “monotheistic distinction” or “revolutionary monotheism.”

How were Hindus classified in the Islamic Empire after the conquest of India?

Jewish Kabbalah is a set of beliefs and practices that seeks spiritual communion with God; it also proposes a set of reading practices meant to uncover different levels of meaning, including that of Sod, which refers to….

Which period saw civilizations turn in new directions and produce new forms of self-consciousness, social systems, and philosophical ideas (such as Confucian and Daoist traditions in China, Hindu and Buddhist traditions in South Asia, monotheistic and prophetic traditions in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece), seemingly without clear contact?

EMTs are dispatched for a patient whose central venous catheter is malfunctioning. When they arrive and assess the patient, they find bleeding from the tubing attached to the line. The EMTs should: 

When establishing a landing zone for the incoming helicopter, your landing zone should measure:

A 4-year-old, 16-kg female ingested an unknown quantity of liquid drain cleaner. Your assessment reveals that she is conscious and alert, is breathing adequately, and has skin burns around her mouth. You should: 

You receive a call to a residence for an apneic 2-month-old male. When you arrive at the scene, the infant’s mother tells you that her son was born prematurely and that his apnea monitor has alarmed four times in the past 30 minutes. Your assessment of the infant reveals that he is conscious and active. His skin is pink and dry, and he is breathing at an adequate rate and with adequate tidal depth. His oxygen saturation reads 98% on room air. You should: 

EMTs are dispatched for a patient in cardiac arrest. When they arrive, they find that the patient is pulseless, apneic, and wearing an external defibrillator vest. In this situation, the EMTs should: 

CPR is in progress on a pulseless and apneic 29-year-old woman who is 37 weeks pregnant. When treating this patient, the EMT should: