1. Exploring the Religions of Our World
Chapter 2 Judaism

2. Chapter 2 Judaism A Living Religion
1. Judaism is the religion practiced by Jesus when he was living on earth.
2. Judaism is the religion of the Hebrew Bible and a religion still longing for God’s chosen one.
3. Being a Jew has both an ethnic and a religious connotation.
4. A religious Jew practices Judaism. An ethnic Jew may or may not practice Judaism.

3. Modern Period 1783 - present
Chapter 2 Judaism
Periods of Jewish History
1800 BCE – 323 CE
Biblical Period
Medieval Period CE
323 BCE – 637 CE
Rabbinic Period
Modern Period present

4. Chapter 2 Judaism
Periods of Jewish History
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5. Chapter 2 Judaism Modern Judaism
Reform Judaism – advocates full integration into the culture where one lives
Conservative Judaism – counteracts reformed Judaism, modifying Jewish traditions in a limited manner
Orthodox Judaism – the most traditional wing, insists its members strictly follow the Torah
Reconstructionist Judaism – advocates Judaism as a culture, not only a religion

6. Chapter 2 Judaism Sacred writings Torah first five books Tanakh
The Hebrew Bible
Nevi’im
prophets
Ketuvim
writings

7. Chapter 2 Judaism Other sacred writings Jerusalem Talmud commentary
Midrash
Biblical
interpretation
Babylonian
Talmud
commentary

8. “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God,
Chapter 2 Judaism
Beliefs and Practices
Sh’ma
“Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God,
the Lord is One”
(Deuteronomy 6:4)

9. Torah Chapter 2 Judaism 613 commandments
Beliefs and Practices (continued)
Torah
613
commandments

10. “I have given you as a covenant to the people,
Chapter 2 Judaism
Beliefs and Practices (continued)
God’s covenant with Israel: “The Chosen People”
“I have given you as a covenant to the people,
a light to the nations”
(Isaiah 42:6)

11. Chapter 2 Judaism Sacred Times Annual Feasts:
Rosh Hashanah – Jewish New Year
Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement
Sukkot –Feast of Tabernacles/Booths
Pesach – Passover
Shavuot – Harvest festival / reception of Torah
Hanukkah – Festival of Lights
Purim – Feast of Lots

12. Chapter 2 Judaism Sacred Times (continued)
Shabbat – the Jewish Sabbath
weekly event
sunset Friday through sunset Saturday
obedience to fourth commandment
Jews rest on the seventh day, as God did
Shabbat dinner – Friday evening

13. Chapter 2 Judaism Sacred Places and Sacred Spaces Synagogue
house of prayer
house of study
house of assembly
Home

14. Chapter 2 Judaism Sacred Places and Sacred Spaces (continued)
Land of Israel
= Israel
= Canaan
= Promised Land
= Judea
= Palestine
= State of Israel
Jerusalem
holiest city
City of David
Temple
holy city for: Judaism, Christianity, Islam

15. Chapter 2 Judaism Judaism Christianity Judaism through a Catholic Lens
Commonalities
History
Scripture
Liturgy
Theology

16. Chapter 2 Judaism Judaism Christianity
Judaism through a Catholic Lens (continued)
Differences
Judaism
Christianity
Still expects a Messiah
or messianic age to come
Jesus was the Messiah
Jesus is God

17. Jewish influences in Catholicism
Chapter 2 Judaism
Judaism through a Catholic Lens (continued)
Jewish influences in Catholicism
The Hebrew Bible – Old Testament
Passover meal – the Lord’s Supper
Passover – Holy Thursday
Shavuot – Pentecost

18. Chapter 2 Judaism Vocabulary Torah Idolatry Diaspora Hellenization
Septuagint
Sadducees
Pharisees
Essenes
Rabbi
Talmud
Monotheistic
Sephardim
Pogroms
Ashkenazim
Yiddish
Hasidism
Zionism
Tanak
Nevi’im
Ketuvim
Mishnah
Midrash
Sh’ma
Mitzvoth
Covenant
Halakhic
Shabbat
Pesach
Yom Kippur
Havdalah
Bimah
Mezuzah
Kosher
Testament