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

ORIGINAbraham: 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

HISTORY1250 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 codified1880 CE: Mass emigration to America1938 CE: Holocaust begins1948 CE: State of Israel was declared

DIFFUSION

JEWISH DENOMINATIONS (SECTS)OrthodoxReformConservative

BELIEFS/COSMOLOGYRelationships:

god and mangod and JewsJews and Land of IsraelBetween humansGod 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

HOLIDAYSRelated 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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