Judaism

(Module 4)
 MELC
Examine the brief history, core teachings,
fundamental beliefs, practices, and related
issues of Judaism.
(HUMSS_WRB12-I/IIId-4.1)
 Historical Background
Jews/Jewish people
Hebrews
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Jacob
 Historical Background
Twelve Tribes (Reuben, Gad, Simeon, Asher,
Levi, Naphtali, Juda, Joseph, Zebelun,
Benjamin, Issachar, Dan)
Israelites/Israelites Jews
Promised Land
Joseph
 Historical Background
Moses
Ramses
Exodus
 Books/Sacred Writings
Tanakh - Hebrew Old Testament.
Torah/Pentateuch - Teachings and Instructions.
Prophets/Nevi’im
Ketuvim/Writings - poetry, temple ritual,
private prayer, etc.
 Books/Sacred Writings
Talmud (Oral Torah)
Mishnah
Gemara
Midrash - examines the non-literal meanings of
the Tanakh.
 Beliefs and Doctrines
Judaism has no dogma. There is one
everlasting god who created the universe in its
entirety and remains to be the master of it.
 Jewish Principles of Faith
1. God exist.
2. God is one and unique.
3. God is incorporeal
4. God is eternal.
5. Prayer is to be directed to God alone and to
no other.
 Jewish Principles of Faith
6. The words of the prophets are true.
7. Moses prophecies are true, and Moses was
the best of the prophets.
8. The Written Torah and therefore the Oral
Torah got to Moses.
9. There will be no other Torah.
 Jewish Principles of Faith
10. God knows the thoughts and deeds of men.
11. God will reward the great and punish the
wicked.
12. The Messiah will come.
13. The dead will be resurrected.
 The Ten Commandments
Exodus (20:2-17) and
Deuteronomy (5:6-21).
The Ten Commandments
 Worships and Observances
Sabbath (Shabbat)
The Days of the AWE - first ten days of Tishri
Tishri - 7th Month
Rosh Hashanah - first two days comprise
the New Year.
 Worships and Observances
Yom Kippur - the period of repentance.
Pilgrimage Festivals - Israelites to go to
Jerusalem on the three pilgrimage festivals and
participate in the worship.
Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (Weeks
or Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
 Worships and Observances
Pesach (Passover)
Shavuot (Weeks or Pentecost) - It
commemorates the revelation of the Torah to
Moses at Mount Sinai.
Sukkot (Tabernacles).
 Other Important Days
Halakha - set of rules and practices that govern
their everyday living.
Synagogue - Jewish temples or worship,
instruction.
Ark of the Covenant
 Subdivisions
Orthodox Judaism - rejects all other Jewish
movements as undesirable deviations from the
original Jewish religion.
Reform Judaism - the most liberal. Subjects
religious laws and customs to human judgment
 Subdivisions
Conservative Judaism - Seek to conserve the
traditional elements of Judaism while at the
same time allows for modernization that is less
radical than Reform Judaism.
Reconstructionist Judaism - is a religious
civilization that’s constantly evolving.
 Subdivisions
Hasidism or Hasidic Judaism - having a strict
and simple way of living that avoids physical
pleasure.
 Selected Issues
Women in Judaism
Holocaust
 THANK YOU
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