HUMA 1865 Lecture Notes - Book Of Deuteronomy, Israelites, Book Of Leviticus

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Is a religion developed among the ancient hebrews and characterized by belief in one (monotheistic) transcendent god who has revealed himself to abraham, moses, and. Hebrew prophets by a religious life in accordance with scriptures and rabbinic traditions. Judaism is conformity to jewish rites, ceremonies and practices. Judaism is the cultural and social behaviours and practices of the jews. Judaism is the whole body jewry: the jewish people, described metaphorically as the. People of israel": diverse group of people, no real genetic make-up, 14 million worldwide, but they don"t participate in religious traditions, they see it as a part of their culture not the defining part. Origins: biblical period: abraham left mesopotamia, the torah: descendant of jacob (male) they became slave labourers for egyptians. The miraculous escape of israelites in 1250 bce. In the beginning of god creating the skies and the earth, the earth was shapeless and formless: this is the hebrew bible, not the old testament.

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