SHINTO AND JUDAISM

ORIGINS OF JUDAISM

• Founded 1300 B.C.E.
• Founder is Abraham
• Deity came to Abraham and promised him a nation
• He would have to leave his home and family though

ORIGINS OF SHINTO

• Has been around since the 6th century B.C.E.
• Had no founder or official texts
• Was a collection of Native belifs and Mythology

DIFFUSION OF JUDAISM

• Moses led the Israelites from Egypt into Canaan
• Rome conquered and transported Jews to Europe
• Some scattered and fled to Asia and parts of Africa.
• Would travel to America during prosecution in WWII

DIFFUSION OF JAPAN

• Ideas borrowed from Korea and China
• Practiced exclusively in Japan

BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM

• Monotheistic
• Covenant between G-d and the Jewish people
• Follow the Halakah

BELIFS AND PRATICES OF SHINTO

• Polytheistic
• Worship of Kami
• Prayers, offerings, and visiting Shrines

SALT

• Saw salt as purifying substance
• Judaism salt was indispensable to the Israelites
• Shinto would use salt to cleanse themselves