The World's Oldest Religion: Judaism

Judaism started in a desert in Southwest Asia. A man named Abraham is the one that started this religion. God promised Abraham to be the father of many people and to give Abraham the holy land which is now Israel. The symbol is the Star of David. It is a relatively new symbol in the church. The book that is called the Bible in Christianity is called the Torah in Judaism. In Judaism women are equal to men, but they are separate. They have different roles and responsibilities than men have. 37% of Jews live in Israel, the land promised to Abraham by God. While 46% of Jews live in North America. Europe is where 12% of the Jews live, the rest are spread out over Asia and the Southern Hemispheres. Judaism has many holy days, the most Holy is Yom Kippur, other days include Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, and Passover.

The Jewish religion dates back to 1800 B.C.E. Today there are 13,580,000 followers, 81% of them living in either the United States or Israel (Pergola). The Tanakh, the Jewish bible, has a huge influence over the followers of Judaism. It isis divided into three sections: the Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim; each section providing different guidelines for Jews in their everyday life. Jews follow a Kosher diet, where its roots can be found in The Mitzvah, a large section of dietary laws and food traditions in the Torah.

I am thrilled and delighted to conduct research on the subject of Judaism because “it is one of the oldest monotheistic religions” (p.18). As a Liberty University Student and Christian, I have the academic and personal curiosity to be diverse in different languages and have an understanding of how it was derived and why. Being a professional in the Department of Defense, I have co-workers that practice Judaism and I want to be able to understand the similarities and differences between Judaism and Christianity. Being one of the oldest monotheistic religions in history means that Judaism was being practiced about 3500 years ago. This alone is exhilarating enough for me to research on its origins.

The early waves of Jewish immigration and immigration restriction were followed by the Holocaust, which destroyed most of Europe’s Jewish community. This turned America into the home of the largest Jewish diaspora in the world. On a theological level, American Jews are divided into a number of Jewish denominations that the majority belongs to: Reform Judaism, Conservative Judaism, and Orthodox Judaism.

Judaism is the first oldest out of the three religions that there is. Abraham is the founder of Judaism, and it was founded in Mesopotamia. It has three main locations, Israel, Europe, and the United States. They have their worship day on Saturday instead of on Sunday or Wednesday like a lot of the other religions. They also live by these things called 13 articles of

Judaism is the religion and culture of the Jewish people. The word “Judaism” derives from the Greek Ioudaismos, a term first used in the Intertestamental Period by Greek-speaking Jews to distinguish their religion from Hellenism. The unifying principles of Judaism are an identity by covenant with God as His “chosen

Judaism originated close to four thousand years ago in the region of Canaan. It’s heritage traces back to God giving his commandments to Moses on Mt. Sinai. Judaism is based off of the Torah-the Jewish holy book. The Star of David, also known as Shield of David, represents Judaism. In Judaism, women are separate but equal; they believe that women are equal to men, as it states in the Torah, but women aren’t allowed to do the same jobs as men. As for the demographics of Judaism, 13.3 million people in the world are Jewish and the majority of them live in Diaspora. Yom Kippur is the most sacred day of Judaism; in this holiday, Jews fast, pray and repent for 25 hours. Along with Yom Kippur; Chanukkah and the start of Passover are also important in the Jewish holidays. Judaism is similar to Christianity and Islam as they only believe in one God, and Jesus’ crucifixion. Judaism and Islam are strictly monotheistic. Unlike Christianity and Islam, Judaism believes that God has divine revelation and forgiveness. They call their God Yahwen.

Judaism is one of the world's oldest religious traditions. Pre-modern Judaism constituted (and traditional Judaism today constitutes) an integrated cultural system of Jewish law,

Judaism is the belief in one God. Judaism is derived from the Torah, the first five books of the bible. The founders of this religion is Abraham and Moses. The God that they worship is Yahweh. This God chose the people of Israel and requires worship, and rituals and believes that if this is done a Messiah will come. The role of God and the Jewish community in each person’s life they have to go through cycles of events that and with traditional rituals. For example after the first Sabbath after the birth of a child, the father is called forward to recite the blessings for the mother

Today there is about 13-14 million Jews in the world (this is only .22% of world population). Today there is a huge terrorist threat in the country of Israel due to isis. Judaism is still one of the world’s monotheistic religions of the world.

Judaism as well as its offshoot and formation into the Christian religion both place great emphasis on the notion of their monotheistic God as revealed in the early scriptures. To them God has revealed Himself as the one Lord of all. Evident in the first Commandment that was

Judaism is an ethnic religion, this means that it appeals mainly to one group of people living in one place. Roughly two-fifths of the world’s 14 million Jews live in the United States and the other two-fifths live in Israel. The way Judaism is distributed is different than other ethnic religions because it is practiced in countries other then its place of origin. Around 70 A.D. the Romans forced the Jews to disperse all over the world, an action known as diaspora. Some other

Over thousands of years, the religion of Judaism has evolved. With years of suffering, persecution, and dispersion the Jews’ religion stays constant. When researching the religion, the history is extremely strong, and the doctrine of the religion dates back thousands of years. With such a vast history, one might want to examine the change into modern society.

Judaism was founded by Abraham, although Jews trace their history all the way back to Moses. Judaism history, beliefs, and traditions were recorded in the Hebrew bible as early as the 8th century B.C. and is considered one of the oldest religions that still exists today. There are 3 main branches of Judaism: Orthodox; Conservative; and Reform. Orthodox focuses on the traditional teachings of the Jewish law, while Conservative Jews allow a little bit of change to help them adapt to society. Then Reform Judaism believes that there should be a lot of change and adaptation to the modern world today. Additionally, Judaism is one of the three Abrahamic Religions. The Abrahamic Religions include Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. There are approximately 14 million people who identify themselves as Jews. Most of them live in the U.S. and Israel. The state of Israel was founded in 1948. Jews are the descendants of an ancient people called the Hebrews. The Hebrews’ country fell to a series of conquerors and the Jews scattered across the world. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and they wandered the wilderness for 40 years, trying to get to the promised land,

Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world. Jewish people have suffered persecution through the holocaust, they were left with nothing. No leader or land to call their own as everything was taken from them.