James Viloria Rel/134 2/5/2015 History of Judaism I will be telling you about one key person I found that was very important to the Jewish history was Moses. He was spoken about throughout the book of Exodus as the founder of the Ten Commandments and the rules of living for the Jewish people. Moses wasn’t born as Egyptian but as a Hebrew baby. That was put in a watertight basket in the Nile River. There an Egyptian princess found Moses in that basket and raised him as her own child. Later in life
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Reform Judaism Tamara Rice Instructor: Eric Speir REL 212 March 11th‚ 2012 Background Over a month ago when I selected the topic of Judaism as the subject for my field research paper‚ I thought that the outcome would be cut and dry. I knew that Judaism served as the foundation for my own faith (Christianity) and that Jews honored the Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. I also had in my mind the imagery of the Star of David‚ the Torah scroll and the
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century‚ many religions adapted their beliefs and practices to the environment around them. Catholicism‚ as it was worshiped by Greek and Italian immigrants‚ looked vastly different from the ways in which the Americanized Roman Catholics worshiped. Judaism experienced this acclimatization as well‚ with Orthodox Jews and Reformed Jews sharing more differences than they did similarities. As time progressed gender norms began to evolve in American society‚ thus religions were forced to evolve as well in
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follow Christianity are called Christians and Judaism are called Jews. There are 14 millions of Jews living in Israel‚ Europe‚ USA and 2 billions of Christians are living in the Europe‚ North and South America‚ and rapidly growing in Africa. Christianity is the first largest religious group while Judaism is the 12th largest group in the world. The clergies for Christianity are called priests‚ ministers‚ pastors and bishops and the clergy for Judaism is called rabbis. Christians’ house of worships
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and exile of Jews from the ancient Kingdom Judah to Babylon resulted in dramatic changes to Jewish culture and religion. This allowed the circumstances for the development of various sects‚ each of which claimed exclusive authority to represent "Judaism"; marriage with members of other sects is forbidden. Although priests controlled the rituals of the Temple‚ the scribes and sages‚ later called rabbis dominated the study of the Torah. These sages identified with the Prophets and developed and maintained
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Within the scheme of religion‚ Judaism and Christianity interconnect within each other. Before the Christian religion was even in existence‚ the Jewish people had many wonders for themselves that caused Christianity to come about. The Jewish people believed that God would somehow and at sometime act on their behalf. Many searched in law and some of them searched in scripture. From this‚ various Jewish groups formed‚ all believing that the Messiah would come in a specific way. First came the Sadducees
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I am a very proud Jew. Anytime someone asks me any question about Judaism even if it is "Do you speak Hanukkah?" I will answer them. As a liberal reform Jew‚ I value the idea of universal acceptance very much. I have attended pluralistic Jewish schools for the majority of my life and have heard many different opinions from different sects of Judaism. I try as hard as I can to understand even the most outrageous ideas of the other sects. I also work outside of my school with very Orthodox Jews on
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JEWISH HISTORY: Biblical Judaism and Rabbinical Judaism Two great spans of time—before and after the destruction of the Second Temple (c. 70 CE) A. First great span of time—BIBLICAL JUDAISM: 1. A landless people established a homeland in Israel and made Jerusalem the capital of its kingdom. 2. The kingdom of Judah and its First Temple were destroyed by the Babylonians (586 BCE)‚ forcing the Israelite people into exile in Babylonia (Iraq) for nearly 50 years. 3. These events made clear to the
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Section (B) Women in Judaism (102-107 + lecture) The role of women in Judaism is established by the Hebrew Bible. The religious law in Judaism treats women different in various circumstances. Women are mentioned in bible by name and their role including Matriarchs Sarah‚ Rebecca Rachel‚ and Leah‚ Miriam are the Prophetess. The role of women in traditional Judaism though misunderstood. In Jewish families‚ the wife and mother is called Hebrew
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something to look forward to and to use as guidance for their day to day lives. Naturally‚ this means there will be many different types of religions to satisfy the diverse population from history through modern times. Two quite different religions‚ Judaism and Paganism have more similarities than one may think. Paganism‚ sometimes known as Neo-Paganism or Wiccan‚ is said to have no official origins aside from an improvable man‚ Gerald Gardener’s collection of “historical” coven beliefs (Berger 7)
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