Question 1: Explain the beginning of Judaism. Judaism originated with three men‚ known as the patriarchs. These men were Abraham‚ his son Isaac‚ and his grandson Jacob. Abraham was born in the city state of Ur by the name Abram. Abram’s father was Terach. In Terach’s time‚ people worshiped idols and a monotheistic religion did not exist. They worshiped idols. When Abram was a little boy‚ he took a hammer and broke all of the idols with a hammer except for the largest one‚ and told his father
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REL 212 Judaism and Christianity Identify a religion that you believe has the most in common with the teachings of Christianity. Explain your choice by discussing at least three comparative aspects of these two religions. Christianity has a close relationship with Judaism‚ both historically and theologically. Jesus‚ the twelve disciples‚ the author of most of the New Testament‚ and the members of the earliest Christian churches were all Jews. Jesus’ family followed Jewish customs and
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Southern Kingdom‚ Judea‚ stand alone letting Babylonians destroy it. After 586-587 – with destruction of 1st temple gets rebuilt and created another temple. Second temple – Judaism. Assyrians destroys southern kingdom. Came out of Syria & is now Iraq. King Nebuchadnezzar: destroys first temple. 3 new features of Judaism Diaspora Jew: scattered
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Examining Monotheism within the origins of Judaism Judaism today is considered as one of the oldest monotheistic religions today. The religion dates back four thousand years ago‚ rooted in the ancient region of Canaan which is present day Israel and Palestine. Judaism traces its custom to the covenant God made with Abraham and his lineage‚ that God would make them a sacred people and give them a holy land. The primary figures of Israelite culture include the patriarchs Abraham‚ Isaac‚ Jacob‚ and
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Alexis Vieira Mr. Kirejczyk Quarter 3 Paper March 3‚ 2013 Christianity and Judaism Religion is a huge part of the world we live in today. It shapes each and every one of our personalities and gives us a lifestyle that for the most part we were grown up in. There are many religions in our world today some that are extremely popular and some that we hardly know about but are out there. Every religion has their own ways of doing certain things‚ their own beliefs‚ and much more. Sometimes
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Judaism Page 1 Judaism By: JoAnna Mitchell Hum 130 January 12‚ 2013 Instructor: Tracie Brown Judaism Page 2 Judaism Judaism is based on “a set of ideas about the world and the way we should live our lives” (Rich‚ 2011). There are 13 – 14 million Jews worldwide with more than three-fourths in the United
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you characterize Judaism? Describe its history as a culture and religion in relation to the Roman Empire. Judaism is the first of the three monotheistic (believing in one God) great world religions. The ancient Hebrews began with Abraham and his covenant with God making them the “chosen people”‚ and granting them ethnic and territorial identity (the promised land)‚ and offering them divine protection from it’s enemies. The idea of the covenant is fundamental to Judaism. Jews have certain
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Paper#3 Judaism in William Finn ’s Falsettoland Judaism and Jewish culture have always been central to William Finn‚ writer of a trilogy of short works following Marvin‚ a homosexual character living in the Jewish community. Falsettoland itself forms the final part of the trilogy while In Trousers and March of the Falsettos are the first two installments respectively. Over the course of the musical‚ Finn hints at the audience the contrasting notion of Orthodox and Reform Judaism through the
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Branches of Judaism I didn’t know that there were three different branches of Judaism before this course. The only thing I really knew about it was that they have a ceremony when a child becomes a man. The major branches that we learned about were Modern Orthodoxy‚ Conservative Judaism‚ Religious Zionism‚ Reform Judaism and Ultra Orthodoxy. Their methods and overall teachings are very diverse. The Modern Orthodoxy branch is essentially the core of Judaism‚ similar to Protestants in Christianity
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focus of this paper will be to examine the support and perpetuation of homosexuality by Reform Judaism‚ the devastating impact of this support on the individual and familial identity of Reform Jews‚ and the steps that must be taken to preserve return American Reform Jews back to their Jewish heritage. Family and community have been a central component of Judaism since the Creation. Traditional Judaism draws from the story of
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