By: Hannah Donnelly, Kristin McFarlane, Ally Barron,
and Nathalie Maciel
Gods
Monotheistic
 Official name “YHWH”
 Pronunciation is unknown
 Name is not read aloud; the reader says
“Adonai” in its place.
 Transcends time, no beginning or end
 Has no gender, but referred to as
masculine
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Religious Practices
God is creator of universe
 13 principles of life
 Omnipresent
 Omniscient
 Omnipotent
 God will reward the good, and punnish
the bad
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Practice of religion
Mitzvot: the commandments
 The Rabbinic Law
 Synagogue: modern Jewish place of
worship
 Original center of worship= the temple
 Prayer
 “Keep it Kosher”
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Big Rituals
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Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Mikvah
Seder
Tallit
Havdalah
Mezuzuah
Circumcision
Yam Kippor
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Passover
Rosh Hashanah
Hanukkah
Role of Women
Relatively equal to the rest of family
 Having children and taking care of
house was main job
 Polygamy
 Not allowed to enter the inner temple
 Arranged to be married to their
husbands,
 A Childless widow was expected to
marry her brother-in-law
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Texts and Holy Books
Torah (Also known as Hebrew Bible)
 Talmud
 Midrash- Commentaries on the Tanakh
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Diffusion
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Diaspora
Dispersed between Egypt, Babylon, parts
of the Middle East, and Judea
In 63 BCE Romans took over Judea and
sold Jews as they traveled, putting them in
parts of Middle East
Neighboring empires saw their practices
Judea/Israel was captured by Egypt,
Persians, Greeks, Babylon, and Assyrians
Contact with Other Religions
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Egyptians polytheistic religion
 Babylonians and Assyrians
polytheistic religion
 Greeks polytheistic religion early
forms of paganism
 Persian pantheon of gods religion
 Hellenistic religion
Quotations
“Then you will begin to seek God
your Lord, and if you pursue Him
with all your heart and soul, you will
eventually find Him” (Deuteronomy,
4:29)
 “Remain in awe of God, serve Him,
cling to Him” (Deuteronomy, 10:20)
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Bibliography
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http://www.geocities.com/~alyza/Jewish/faith13.html
http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/Jewish_History/
http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/Jewish_History/
http://ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/~shagin/WLHebrewHistory.
html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/jerutim
e.html
http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/timeline.htm
www.religionfacts.com/judaism/beliefs/god.htm
http://judaism.about.com/od/beliefs/a/god.htm
http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/practices.htm