JUDAISM By: Suchita Bandarupalli, Holly Drapp, Meera Cherian, Jai Yarlagadda
ORIGIN Abraham: Founder of Judaism 19 th century B.C.E. 75 year old shepherd who lived in Ur, Mesopotamia God came to him in a vision/dream God wanted him to leave home and make a new land Abraham agreed
HISTORY 1250 BCE: The Exodus – Hebrews were enslaved in Egypt 1000 BCE: King David unites and expands the kingdom 950 BCE: King Solomon builds the first temple in Jerusalem 586 BCE: Temple destroyed by Babylonians 428 BCE: A second temple made 70 CE: Second temple destroyed by Romans 200 CE: Mishnah codified
HISTORY CONTINUED…. 500 CE: Talmud codified 1880 CE: Mass emigration to America 1938 CE: Holocaust begins 1948 CE: State of Israel was declared
DIFFUSION
JEWISH DENOMINATIONS (SECTS) Orthodox Reform Conservative
BELIEFS/COSMOLOGY Relationships: god and man god and Jews Jews and Land of Israel Between humans God and Abraham Beliefs are very general Different Jews have levels of beliefs One God 13 principles of faith written by Rambam(Maimonides) Names of God Noah and belief
DAILY LIFE/ PRACTICES Most Jewish religious observance rests in the home life Prayers recited 3 times a day Congregational prayers in synagogue Bar mitzvah for children Dietary laws from the book of Leviticus Circumcision 8 days after birth
HOLIDAYS Related to agricultural calendar of religions homeland Sukkot: final gathering of fruits Pesach (pass over): sacrifice Shavout (feast of weeks): end of harvest Sabbath: holy day of rest Hanakkah All relate to the exodus in the bible
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