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FOUNDER OF JUDAISM
ABRAHAM
MOSES
SACRED TEXT
TANAKH
IT IS THE JEWISH SACRED TEXT (HEBREW BIBLE) THAT INCLUDES THE SAME
BOOKS AS THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE.
THE TORAH
IT IS THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF TANAKH
THE OUTLINE LAWS FOR JEWS.
POEMS
The Testament of Jacob (Gen. 49:2–27)
The Song of the Sea (Ex. 15:1–18)
The Song of Moses (Deut. 32)
The Moses' Blessing (Deut. 33
TALMUD
MISHNAH
It is originally referred to a method of teaching by presenting topics in a systematic
order which followed the order of the BIBLE.
It is called SHAS though that term is more often used for the Talmud as a whole.
ZERAIM ("Seeds")
• dealing with prayer, blessings, and agricultural laws (11 tractates)
MOED ("Festival")
• pertaining to the laws of the Sabbath and the Festivals (12 tractates)
NASHIM ("Women")
• concerning marriage and divorce, some forms of oaths and the laws of the NAZIRITE (7
tractates)
KODASHIM ("Holy things")
• regarding sacrificial rites, the TEMPLE, and the DIETARY LAWS (11 tractates)
TOHOROT ("Purities")
• Pertains to the laws of purity and impurity, including the impurity of the dead, the laws of
food purity and bodily purity (12 tractates).
NEZIKIN ("Damages")
• dealing with civil and criminal law, the functioning of the courts and oaths (10 tractates)
PROPHETS
ACCORDING to RASHI there were 49 prophets and seven prophetesses of Judaism.
THE TOP FIVE ARE NOA,ABRAHAM,ISAAC,JACOB,AND MOSES.
The last Jewish prophet is believed to have been MALACHI.
• SARAH
• MIRIAM
• DEBORAH
• HANNAH
• ABIGAIL
• HULDAH
• ESTHER
DOCTRINES
10 Commandments
1. I am the lord
2. Thou shall have no other gods before me
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
4. Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy
5. Honor thy Father and Mother
6. Thou shalt not murder
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery
8. Thou shalt not steal
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
10. Thou shalt not covet
613 RULES
.IT IS THE RULES THAT JEWS FOLLOWS TO BE GUIDED.IT IS ABOUT THE LAWS TO BE
FOLLOWED ABOUT GOD,TORAH,SIGN AND SYMBOLS,PRAYER AND BLESSINGS,LOVE AND
BROTHERHOOD,THE POOR AND UNFORTUNATE,TREATMENT OF
GENTILES,MARRIAGE,DIVORCE AND FAMILY,FORBIDDEN SEXUAL RELATIONS,TIMES AND
SEASONS,EMPLOYERS AND ETC.
GOD
Jehovah, (YHWH) the name that according to the BIBLE, God revealed to his people.
This name is mentioned over 6000 times in the original Hebrew bible.
The Judaism believes that Jehovah is to sacred to be uttered and is often referred to as the
distinctive name.
YHWH IS THE TETRAGRAMMATON AND THE JEHOVAH IS THE ENGLISH TERM.
SECTS
6 SECTS OF JUDAISM
ORTHODOX
CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM
RECONSTRUCTIONIST JUDAISM
HUMANISTIC JUDAISM
MESSIANIC JUDAISM
JUDAISM ISSUES
ANTISEMITISM
-is hostility to, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.
-generally considered to be a form of racism.
-may be manifested in many ways, ranging from expressions of hatred of or
discrimination against individual Jews to organized pogroms by mobs, state police,
or even military attacks on entire Jewish communities.
ZIONISM
is the nationalist movement of the JEWISH PEOPLE that espouses the re-
establishment of and support for a JEWISH STATE in the territory defined as the
historic Land of Israel
( roughly corresponding to Canaan, the Holy Land, or the region of Palestine )
HOLOCAUST
also known as THE SHOA(DISTRUCTION)
the World War II genocide of the EUROPIAN JEWS.
NAZIZ MURDERD 6 MILLION JEWS
The CENTURY DICTIONARY defined it in 1904 as "a sacrifice or offering entirely
consumed by fire, in use among the Jews and some pagan nations.
The Written Report:
JUDAISM
In Partial Fullfilment of the course Introduction to World
Religions and the Belief System
Submitted To:
Mrs. Daffodil C. Camus
Submitted By:
Alcosero, Kean
Cantila, Jerald
Faustorilla, Erwind
Frances, Rex
Quismundo, Reynald
Absin, Merejoie C.
Duhilag, Ramie Jane
Pedro, Ritchel
Rife, Divine Grace