JudaismBy: Helena, Lisa, Sohum, Lukas

Beginning and Spread •Abraham is known as a founding father of

Judaism (patriarch) - he was told by God to travel to Canaan because God promised him that his descendants would create a great nation

•Isaac was a son of Abraham, he and his son Jacob together formed the Jewish religion and created Israel- they were also known as patriarchs to the Jews- the Jews believe they are all descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob• When Solomon, the king of Israel died

Israel was divided in to two parts, Israel and Judah, the people in Judah were known as Jews

• In 586 B.C.E Judah fell to the Babylonians and Judah was taken into exile, the jews were conquered again in 63 B.C.E by Romans

• Later on the Jews settled in different countries treated unfairly and driven out of those countries

Sacred / Holy Texts & Holidays

• Tanakh

• Torah

• Prophet

• Writings

• Shema

• Shekhina

•Sabbath Day

•Rosh Hashanah

•Yom Kippur

•Shallot

Supreme Beings

• Monotheistic

• One God (Yahweh, also called JHWH)

• Moses

• God exists, and he is the only one.

• The Torah was given to Moses by God.

• The dead will revive.

• The Messiah will come.

Basic Beliefs

End of Life

Symbols

Star of David

symbolizes nature

of the jewish people

MenorahUsed for dailybasis

worship

TorahRepresents

thegod

speaking

Jews believe in after life likethe christian people

are put in a dark and badplace and the people that havebeen good are put into a better

place.

Tree of life

The path to god

Citations

"Jewish Memorials - Religious Art Series Part 2." Jewish Memorials. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. <http:// www.monuments.com/blog/grave-markers/jewish-memorials- religious-art-series-part-2>.

"What Is the Torah? (Judaism's Most Important Text)." About. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2014.

"Judaism 101: Moses, Aaron and Miriam." Judaism 101. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2014.