World religion

• Judaism


  The First Monotheistic Religion in the World
• Jew (Jewish People)


  People who follow Judaism
• Monotheism


  Belief in one God, Yahweh
• Torah


  The Scroll with the stories of the Ancient Jewish People
• Abraham


  The first Jewish people
• Israel


  The land promise to Abraham
• Exodus


  Escape from Slavery in Egypt
• Moses


  The Jewish leader who helped Jewish slaves escape slavery
• Ten Commandments


  Rules on how to live correctly
• Synagogue


  The place where Jews Pray
• Western Wall


  A wall from the Ancient Temple in Jerusalem
• Repair the World


  Jews must make the world better by helping
• Origin of Names


  • Aaron - Exalted One
  • Abraham - Father of many
  • Benjamin - Favorite son
  • Deborah - Bee
  • Jacob - Seizing by the heel
  • Jonathan - The Lord has given
  • Michael - Who is like God?
  • Nathan - Gift
  • Reuben - Behold, a son
  • Abel - Breath
  • Adam - Humankind
  • Daniel - God is my Judge
  • Eve - Life
  • Jared - Descent
  • Joshua - Lord's help
  • Miriam - Rebellion
  • Noah - Rest
  • Samuel - Name of God
  • Abigail - Father is rejoicing
  • Amos - Carried by God
  • David - Beloved
  • Isaac - Laughter
  • Joel - Lord is God
  • Malachi - My messenger
  • Naomi - My delight
  • Oprah - Back of the neck
  • Sarah - Princess
  • Ishmael - God's heared
• Founder


  Abraham
• Formed


  2000 BCE
• Where


  Canaan
• God


  Yahweh
• According to most historians, Judaism began when Abraham made divine covenant with God
• Because of this, Abraham is considered to be the Father of the Semitic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam)
• Abrahamic Covenant


  • The Covenant of Commencement
  • The promise of Land (Real Estate Covenant)
  • The promise of Descendants (Davidic Covenant)
  • The promise of blessing (New Covenant)
• Names of Judaism Followers

  • Hebrews
  • Israelite
  • Jew (Jewish)
• Jews do not believe that Jesus was anything more than a good and wise man who lived and died 2000 years ago - Jews still await their messiah
• Denominations of Judaism


  • Reform
  • Conservative
  • Orthodox
• Reform Judaism


  Traces it to either a Jewish Father or Mother
• Conservative Judaism


  Defines Jews as being born of a Jewish Mother
• Orthodox Judaism


  Mainstream (Traditional Judaism Teaching)
• Tanakh


  The Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament by Christians) is a collection of 24 books divided into three (3) parts: Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim
• Torah


  The Torah is consist of the five (5) books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament by Christians) that were given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai
• Books of the Torah

  • Genesis - In the beginning
  • Exodus - Names
  • Leviticus - And He Called
  • Numbers - In the desert of
  • Deuteronomy - Things or Word
• Denominations of Judaism


  • Reform Judaism
  • Conservative Judaism
  • Orthodox Judaism
• Sections of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)

  • Torah
  • Nevi'im
  • Ketuvim
• Torah


  The five (5) books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament by Christians) that were given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai
• Books of the Torah

  • Genesis (Bereshit)
  • Exodus (Shemot)
  • Leviticus (Vayiqra)
  • Numbers (Bemidbar)
  • Deuteronomy (Devarim)
• Nevi'im


  Writings of God's messenger, who spoke His word to the Hebrews
• Sub-groups of Nevi'im


  • Former Prophets
  • Latter Prophets
• Former Prophets


  • Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel
• Latter Prophets (12 Prophets)

  • Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
• Ketuvim


  The third and final section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), after Torah (instruction) and Nevi'im (prophets)
• Ketuvim (in English translations)


  Writings
• Books in Ketuvim


  • Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Nehemiah, and Chronicles