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EARLIEST MAJOR RELIGION
WORLD’S 1ST MONOTHEISTIC RELGION
MONOTHEISM: BELIEF IN JUST ONE GODUP TO THIS TIME, PEOPLE WORSHIPPED MANY GODSROCKS, RIVERS, ANIMALS, THUNDER, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, MOUNTAINS, ETC.
ALL BEGINS WITH: ABRAHAM
LIVED ~1800 B.C.
UR IN MESOPOTAMIA—THE “FERTILE CRESCENT”
GOD CAME TO ABRAHAM AND TESTED HIM
THE TEST: SACRIFICE YOUR ONLY SON TO ME
HE PASSED THE TESTGOD MADE A COVENANT(PROMISE)W/ HIMIF ABRAHAM AND HIS PEOPLE WOULD ONLY WORSHIP JEH_VAH, THEN GOD WOULD RICHLY BLESS HIS DESCENDANTS
DESCENDANTS WILL BE “MORE NUMEROUS THAN STARS”
HOW TO WORSHIP AND LOVE JEHOVAH?
THE “SHEMA”: (DEUT. 6: 4-9) IS THE CORE OF JUDAISM
AND IS CENTRAL TO TWO OTHER MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS
THE SHEMA
“HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD IS OUR GOD. THE LORD IS ONE . . . AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD W/ ALL YOUR HEART . . . ALL YOUR SOUL . . . ALL YOUR MIGHT”
HOW TO WORSHIP CONT.THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
GIVEN TO MOSES (1391 BC-1291 BC) AT MT. SINAI BY GOD
TEN COMMANDMENTS
TWO MAIN HOLY BOOKS“TORAH”: 1ST FIVE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE (COVER LIFE OF MOSES)“TALMUD”: VIEWS & INTERPRETATIONS OF RABBIS TO HELP JEWS STAY ON THE PATH
3 DIFFERENT SECTS OF JUDAISM
REFORM JEWS: MAJORITY OF JEWSCONSIDERED SECULAR: NON-RELIGIOUSREJECT TALMUD AND RITUALBELIEVE LIVING MORAL LIFE IS MOST IMPORTANT
DIFFERENT SECTS OF JUDAISM CONT.
CONSERVATIVE JEWS: JUDAISM CAN BE CHANGED SLIGHTLY TO FIT THE TIMES
BEGAN ~ 1880’S
LESS FOLLOWERS THAN REFORM, WAY MORE THAN ORTHODOX
DIFFERENT SECTS OF JUDAISM CONT.ORTHODOX OR HASIDICJEWS:VERY STRICT: “ORIGINAL” JEWSPRAY 3X DAILYSABBATH: CAN’T WORK, LEAVE HOUSE, COOK, HEAT, TURN ON LIGHTS
HASIDIC JEWS CONT.KOSHER DIET: CERTAIN ANIMALS (AND CERTAIN PARTS!) MUST BE KILLED & CLEANED IN CERTAIN WAYON LAND:CLOVEN HOOVES, CHEW CUDNO:
KOSHER
HASIDIC JEWS CONT.IN SEA, LAKES, RIVERS, PONDS,: ONLY THOSE ANIMALS WITH FINS & SCALES!
NO-NO’S!
OTHER NO-NO’S
ONLY FISH IN GREAT LAKES THAT IS A NO-NO!!
IN AIR: NO SCAVENGERS, BIRDS OF PREY
NO REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, RODENTS, INSECTS (KIND OF)
NO-NO’S (NOT THAT YOU WOULD)
HASIDIC JEWS CONT.PLANTS BASICALLY OK, BUT MUST BE WELL-WASHED!NO MEAT AND DAIRY TOGETHER—HAVE TO USE SEPARATE PLATES EVEN!ALCOHOL/WINE OK W/ LIMITS
KOSHER CONT.
HASIDIC JEWS CONT. CLOTHES AND BODY
NO FACE SHAVING OR SIDES OF HEAD (=PAYOTES)
WHITE SHIRTS, BLACK PANTS/JACKETS/SHOES
MUST HAVE HEAD COVERED!
FRINGES ON CLOTHES!
DRESS CONT.
OTHER STUFF:SYNAGOGUE: PLACE OF WORSHIP
WAILING WALL: #1 SACRED SITE IN OLD JERUSALEM
ONLY REMAINS LEFT OF KING SOLOMON’S TEMPLE
O. STUFF CONT.DIASPORA: FORCED REMOVAL OF
JEWS BY ROMANS 70 AD.
JEWS PERSECUTED HISTORICALLY
HAVE BEEN FORCED TO :
LIVE CERTAIN PLACES ( ), WORK CERTAIN JOBS, WEAR CERTAIN SYMBOLS
DIASPORA, GHETTOS, WORK
O. STUFF:CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM ARE CLOSELY LINKED TO JUDAISM
REMEMBER: JESUS WAS A JEW
~ 13 MILLION JEWS TODAY—HALF LIVE IN ISRAEL