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1、JudaismHistory&BackgroundWhendidthisworldviewstart?Over4000yearsagoWhowasthefirstJew?Abram/AbrahamGodmadeacovenant(promise)withhim“Iwillmakeyouintoagreatnation,andIwillblessyou;Iwillmakeyournamegreatandyouwillbeablessing.Iwillblessthosewhoblessyou,andwhoev
2、ercursesyouIwillcurse;andallpeoplesonearthwillbeblessedthroughyou.”(Genesis12:2-3)History&BackgroundWhereisthisworldviewmostcommonlyfound?In2007,theworldJewishpopulationwasestimatedat13million,ofwhichabout40%resideinIsraeland40%intheUnitedStates.Manyalsoli
3、veinCanada,UK,Argentina,andSouthAfricaWhatareothernamesforthisworldview?JewsarealsocalledHebrews,ChildrenofIsrael,IsraelitesHistory&BackgroundWhatarethenamesofplacesofworship?JerusalemisconsideredtheholycityandspiritualcenterofJudaismInancienttimes,Jewswor
4、shippedintheTemple,locatedinJerusalem.Theretheyofferedsacrifices,learnedaboutthelawofGodandcelebratedholydays.TheTemplewasdestroyedintheyear70AD.Onewallofitremains,calledtheWailingWallorWesternWallInmoderntimes,Jewsmeetinsynagoguestoworship,pray,readscript
5、ures,andcelebrateholydays.JerusalemTheWailingWallHistory&BackgroundWhatistheirholybookcalled?TheHebrewBible(theTanakh)ItismadeupoftheTorah(5booksofMoses)whichincludesthebasiclawsandtraditionsItalsoincludesotherhistoricalbooks,poems,booksandbooksbyprophetsW
6、herecanyoureadaboutthehistoryoftheJews?InthisbookyoucanreadabouttheancienthistoryoftheJewsfromcreationtoA.D.Holiday:PassoverBasicBeliefsMonotheisticorPolytheistic?MonotheisticWho/WhatisGod?Single,allpowerful,allknowing,everpresentGodcalledYahweh.BasicBelie
7、fs?GodcreatedtheworldandhumansandHedesiresarelationshipwiththem.JewishpeopleneedtokeepGod’slawstoberighteousandkeepGod’sblessing.TheybelieveGodknowsthempersonally.TheyareGod’schosenpeople.BasicBeliefsWhatdopeopledotoworshipGod?Inancienttimes,peopleoffereds
8、acrifices(animals)attheTempletoreceiveforgivenessforsinsandtoworshipLearnandfollowGod’slaw,berighteousSingandprayWhocommunicateswithGod?Priestsweretheonlyonestocommunicatethroughsacrificesandentertheholyofhol
