Lecture

• this religion is the oldest monotheist religion

  judaism
• the year that judaism had been formed

  mid 2nd millenium, 1500bce
• these are the followers of judaism

  jews
• this religion had been a great influence in christianity, islam, and other monotheistic faith

  judaism
• this is the god of the jewish faith

  yahweh
• this is the sacred book of judaism as it is "the written law"

  torah
• how many books does the jewish written law have

  5
• what do you call these books of the jewish written law

  Pentateuch
• what are the following books of the jewish written law

  genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy
• this term means "the prophet" and has major and minor prophets

  nevi'im
• how many major/later prophets are there and who are those prophets

  three, isiah, jeremy, ezekiel
• how many minor prophets are thereand who are they?

  12, Hosea, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,

  Zechariah, Malachi.
• this term means "writings"

  ketuvim
• what are the "writings"

  psalms, proverbs, song of song, ecclesiates, job, ruth, esther, daniel, lamentations of jeremiah, histories and chronicles, ezrah, nehemiah
• these are the collections of jewish writings and is considered the "hebrew bible"

  tanak
• these are the "learned and pius men"

  rabbi
• to whom did god give instructions in living

  moses
• to whom did moses pass these instructions

  joshua
• to whom did joshua pass these instructions?

  rabbis
• what did the rabbis do to the instructions given to them? what are they called? (2)

  misnah, gemara
• these are the first of the rabbis writings

  misnah
• these are the written oral traditions wherein it contains the unwritten explanations to moses

  misnah
• how many jewish refugees fled to the Philippines during/after their persecution?

  1210
• this is the term for jewish hatred

  anti-semites
• this prayer was left by jesus to the prophets before going to heaven

  apostle's creed
• who serves as a mediator between god and the people

  mary
• this is a disaster in world war two that killed 6 million jews. meaning "burned whole"

  holocaust
• Judaism is an organized belief system during the Bronze Age in

  West Asia
• in the beginning, all was in chaos, the world had no shape and form until an air or mass came out of nowhere. this was called plane of high heaven where gods came from
• in the plane of high heaven, there were 3 main gods:

  
  

  • ameno minaka nushi no mikoto
  • takami musubi no mikoto
  • kammi musubi no mikoto
• these are the youngest and the main godsthat are originally siblings but became spouses. they were the ones that are tasked to form earth and was given a sphere to do so

  izanagi, izanami
• this is the first island that izanami and izanagi made where they became husband and wife


  onokoro
• these are the 8 kids of izanami and izanagi that became the islands of japan

  • awaji
  • shikoku
  • oki
  • kyushu
  • iki
  • tsushima
  • sado
  • honshu
• the daughter of izanami and izanagi that is the red sun goddess. she emerged after izanagi washed his left eye. she is also the ancestress of the imperial family and the chief deity


  amaterasu
• he is the god of the moon and emerged after izanagi washing his right eye


  tsukoyomi
• he is the god of the sea and storm that emerged after izanagi washing his nose


  susanno
• this spirit is everywhere and everything. this is not a god and all humans are its children

  kami
• 4 affirmations

  
  

  1. tradition and family - preserver of tradition
  2. love of nature - nature is sacred as it's close to the gods
  3. physical cleanliness - cleanliness is next to godliness
  4. matsuri - god and ancestral spirits must be worshipped
• 10 rules of conduct

  10. do not be carried away by foreign teachings

  9. do not bring blame to the teachings

  8. do not be sluggish in your work

  7. do not become angry even though others become angry

  6. do not forget the limitations of your own person

  5. do not forget the world is one great family

  4. do not forget the profound goodness of the gods

  3. do not violate the laws of the state

  2. do not forget your obligations to the ancestors

  1 do not transgress the will of the gods
• makoto nokokoro - heart of truth

  magokoro - true heart