Ancestral Traditions

In a well-argued and well-written essay of approximately three pages, consider one (1) of the following:
write the argumentative essay based on the readings below.

Shinto and of ancient Israel Consider ways in which the impurity of death shapes the belief and practice of Shinto and of ancient Israel

• G. Bownas, Shinto” from R. C. Zaehner, ed. The Concise Encyclopedia of Living faiths. Boston; Beacon, 1967. Pp. 348-364.

• Emanuel Friedman, “Death as Estrangement: The Halakhah of Mourning “ in Jack Riemer, ed, Jewish Reflections of Death. New York: Schocken Books, 1977. Pp. 84-94.