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World Religions: Judaism

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judaism is...
- a 4000 year old tradition with ideas about what it means to be human and how to make the world a holy place
- a covenant relationship between God and the Hebrew people
- a celebration and sanctification of life
- a faith, a people, a way of life
patriarchs
abraham, isaac, jacob (israel)
enslaved in...
ancient Egypt
freed from enslavement by..
moses
promised land
land of Isreal
Jews believe in.
- one God
- prophets
- in the Torah
belief in God
- only one God
- creator of the universe
- personal but non-corporeal
belief in the prophets
- especially Moses, through whom Torah was revealed to the Hebrew people
belief in the Torah
- first five books of the Bible
- contains religious, moral and social law which guides the life of a Jew
- Hebrew Bible does not include New Testament
the Jewish people are a nation in...
diaspora
how many people
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