religion

• Judaism (OLDEST RELIGION)
• Founded - 2000 bce
• Where - canaan
• canaan - where the pomised land
• God of judaism - yahweh
• Star of David - Means "eternal life"
• The corner points of the star means "signs of religion of judaism"
• Menorah - Means "The creation of seven days"
• Hebrews - Refers to those who accepted Yahweh as their God
• Israelites - Descendants of Hebrews
• Jew - Came from yehudah or judah which is the southern kingdom of israel but now refers to those people who practices judaism
• Tanakh - The hebrew bible that consists 24 books divided into 3: Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim
• Torah - Consists of 5 hebrew books gave to moses by God in the Mt sini (Genesis, Exodux, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy)
• Genesis - Contains of stories of creation, Records of the stablishment, and tells the stories about the lives of patriarch and matriarch
• patriarchs - Group with only men as their leader
• Leviticus - Gives instructions on how to worship god properly
• Exodus - Tells the story of how Moses led his people out of egyptian slavery through ten plagues
• Matriarchs - Group with only women as their leader
• Numbers - recounts of israelites
• Deuteronomy - Moses reviews the laws and the people prepare to enter the promised land
• Nevi'im - Consists of two sub-groups which is the former prophets and the latter prophets
• Former prophets - consists of 4 historical books (Joshua, judges, samuel, and kings)
• Latter prophets - Consists of 4 prophets works (isial, jeremiah, ezekiel, and the 12 (minor) prophets)
• Ketuvim - contains writings that are not history or law but poetry, wisdom literature, and other miscellaneous documents.
• The Torah includes Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
• Torah means "teaching" or "instruction". It refers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
• The Torah is also known as the Pentateuch
• Sacred scriptures - tanahk or mikhra has been the guide, authority, and spirations of many forms of judaism
• torah - means teaching
• nevi'im - means prophets
• ketuvim - means writtens
• torah - also called as pentateuch contains the laws and structions of the lord to people
• pentateuch - means five books or five scrolls
• nevi'im - spokesperson that criticizes the hypocritical practices of the jewish
• "prophets are chosen by god specifically to send his messages to people"
• ketuvim - contains of works on poetry, temple rituals, and other canonical works
• beliefs:

  • Actions are more important than beliefs
• beliefs:

  • Actions are more important the beliefs
  • god communicate through revelations while humans communicate to him through prayers and rituals
  • only one god created the universe
• Ten commandments - Set of laws that were given by God to moses at the mount sinai
• Ten commandments - Mostly mentioned in exodus and deuteronomy