Judaism

Judaism as more than a story: Since the beginning, Judaism has been a very important role in the story of humanity. Judaism began around 2000 B.C, during the Bronze Age in the Middle East. The founders of Judaism were Abraham and his wife Sarah, a family chosen by God to start His nation and promises them a special land (God is not one, pg. 244). As a result, Judaism is now called an Abrahamic religion because it comes from the descendance of Abraham, whose name means: “Father of all nations”. Judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion of the Jews, but not only that, it is also a race. To explain, for a person to be Jewish, one must be born a Jew. Also, someone could be a Jew and not practice it as a religion. The term Judaism comes from…

Judaism is a religious belief system that differs from Hinduism in a lot of ways. Jews make up the religion Judaism. Some of their beliefs are that there is only one true God. His name is Yahweh, and he is all knowing, all powerful. They believe that you are to have a personal relationship with Him. Jews also believe that God reveals himself to them through prophets and special events. Jews abide by the ten commandments which were given to Moses by God on the top of Mount Sinai. Moses and…

Orthodox Judaism is the continuation of beliefs and practices of Judaism and is accepted by the Jewish nation today. Orthodox Judaism is different than Modern Judaism as it isn’t a single movement. It actually has several different movements, but they all come back to the “common beliefs.” Both Orthodox Judaism and Modern Judaism have different beliefs and attitudes about modern culture, but they are similar in ways of practice throughout the Torah. (Jason Levine, 2016) Traditionally to be…

conversations with some of my friends who are practicing members. According to an article published in 2004 and updated in 2015 in the religion facts website, Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world that still exists today. Jewish history, beliefs, and traditions were recorded in the Hebrew Bible beginning as early as the 8th century BC. Although it never achieved dominant numbers, the faith of the Hebrews continues to influence the modern western world. Jewish beliefs center on the…

battle for some belief and the fanatical followers who make it almost distasteful. From the captivity in Babylonia 587 – 520 BCE the religion of Judaism was founded 1300 BC, after the ruin of the second temple in 70 AD (the humanities culture, continuity & change pg281). It is said that Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions and was originated more than 3500 years ago in the Middle East. The Jews believe that God selected the Jews to be his chosen people in order to set the model…

faith that he was never apart of? At most Jews acknowledge Jesus and nothing more and this is very important. Judaism has little regard for Jesus because of religious and societal pressures have pushed him out of the minds of Jews. The Jewish view of Jesus is like a paradox. Jesus was born to Jewish parents, practiced Jewish traditions, lived with his fellow Jews, and even his followers were Jewish (Kessler). He is probably the most influential Jew to walk this Earth, but his legacy is…

Conservative Judaism came about from the idea of conserving Jewish traditions in the U.S. According to the virtual library on conservative Judaism, there was an attempt to combine positive attitudes with modern culture, acceptance of secular schoralship on Judaism sacred texts, and commitment to Jewish views (Jewish Virtual Library). Conservative Judaism is viewed to be important because it is viewed that the study of Jewish text revealed how Judaism continues to change to meet the needs of Jews…

The Jewish ethical teachings and and mitzvots include many literal or more metaphorical rules that very much affect an adherents day to day life. Few such aspects of an adherents life that are heavily influenced by the Jewish code are the areas of life relating to sexuality and the human sexual anatomy. Areas such as; Sexual intercourse, divorce, premarital sex, purity, abortion, homosexuality and contraception are all concepts discussed within the Torah and Jewish communities. Many Jewish laws…

“ Despite the theological claims of the Jewish traditions, it is actually not God who legislates in Rabbinic Judaism, but the Rabbis.” Rabbis are predominantly Jewish scholars who studies and educate Jewish laws. The comprehension of these people is acknowledged through a religious ceremony where one is suitably a Rabbi. Rabbis undertake in a preponderance of generating the oral and written laws, even seen as a figure closer to God than anyone else in the community. They have signified a…

hours a year into their job (Stat.oecd.org 2015). With that being said, there are only 8,760 hours within a year. If you take a step back, you will realize that the average American dedicates a little over a quarter of their life to their jobs. While a quarter of an American’s life is consumed by their jobs, you have to also take into account all the time that goes into the tedious errands and chores that we all have to complete in order to live such as shopping or cleaning. With no moments of…