RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Messiah In Judaism, Hebrew Bible, Jewish Holidays
2 Dec 2017
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The oldest of the world"s greatest monotheistic religions: judaism, christianity, islam. In this pact there is a reciprocal promise to each other: involved promises to live in accordance with a moral code in exchange for the protection of the deity and its presence in their lives. Geographical distribution: over 14 million worldwide, more than 7 million in north america, 3 million in asia; mostly in israel, 4 million in europe; russia and eastern europe, there are three religious breakdowns, orthodox, conservative, reform. Tanakh: the hebrew scripture: the tanakh consists of three parts, torah, nevi"im, kevthuvim. The writings: tanakh is an acronym from the first syllables of each part. Key terms: shema (hear): the oldest and most sacred fixed daily prayer in judaism; the first word of which is shema (hear, covenant: the special relationship between god and the jewish people, kaddish: prayer hymn that praises god. Often recited during mourning: abraham, isaac, jacob (patriarchs in judaism)
