JUDAISM

IS IT MONOTHEISTIC OR POLYTHEISTIC?

• This religion only has one god and one god only, so they are monotheistic.
• They call their god the God of Israel, Jacob, Abraham, and Isaac.
• They say his he is the only perfect one to exist, and that is why they follow
• him.

SACRED TEXT

• The Jews have a sacred text named the Torah.
• Some teachings the jews have learned from this text is that
• God created the universe, Gods creations are good,
• humans are created in the image of god, the Torah
• obligates us to save human life, and the hands of the world is in our hands.

THE FOUNDER OF JUDAISM

• The founder of Judaism was Abraham. Him and his family
• moved to Israel, and his tribes formed the 12 tribes of Israel.
• These tribes moved to Egypt to escape a famine, but they were enslaved
• there and it is said God performed miracles to free them. After this Abraham wrote
• God's laws on stone tablets, and it later became the ten commandments; the basis of Judaism.

PLACE OF WORSHIP

• The Jews place of worship was their church, The House of God.
• This was where all there worships were performed.

ORIGINS

• The religion started in the land of Cannan, which was
• part of Israel.

SPREAD OF JUDAISM

• The religion of Judaism spread through exile, which was a very distinct way
• of teaching people.

TRADITIONS

• One traditions of the Jews is Hannakah.
• One ritual that they did was called the sacrament. This
• is where they would take bread and wine in remembrance of God.
• The people were peaceful and very religious

FACTS

• The Jews had some important symbols such as the Star of David.
• Another one is the Menorah which is used during Hannakah.
• One other symbol that they often looked at was the Mezuzah, which reminded
• them of the Ten Commandments. Some interesting things about this is that
• Judaism is one of the oldest religions ever, and their original founder was Abraham