1. JUDAISM By: Suchita Bandarupalli, Holly Drapp, Meera Cherian, Jai Yarlagadda

2. 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

3. 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

4. HISTORY CONTINUED….  500 CE: Talmud codified  1880 CE: Mass emigration to America  1938 CE: Holocaust begins  1948 CE: State of Israel was declared

5. DIFFUSION

6. JEWISH DENOMINATIONS (SECTS)  Orthodox  Reform  Conservative

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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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