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JUDAISM
By: Suchita Bandarupalli, Holly
Drapp, Meera Cherian, Jai
Yarlagadda
ORIGIN
Abraham: Founder of Judaism
19th 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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