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Judaism

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Judaism and the Chosen People of God

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Judaism and the Chosen People of God

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Judaism is one of the first monotheistic religions currently surviving It followers , the Jews , believe that there is only one God who is Almighty and Everlasting . Inscribed in the Torah is the name of God with four consonants and no vowels . They have high respect for the Lord that they consider his name too holy to be

pronounced (Buchanan and Halliwell , 2008 . In their daily conversations and prayers , the Jews use different words pertaining to God . Everyday speech include the Holy One ' and Blessed be He ' while prayers include Adonal , or the Lord , and shomer Yisrael , or Israel 's guardian . These demonstrate how the Jewish perception of the Lord , as seen in the book of Genesis where the stories of the Patriarchs are written (Buchanan and Halliwell 2008

The Jewish understanding towards their relationship with the Lord the worship is in accordance to their Covenant . God gives His promise to be their God who guides and protects them , while requiring them to follow the Mitzvot or His commandments . God chose the Jews as His chosen people . This is not because He favors them with privileges , but because He endowed them with a responsibility of being the priest people . It is actually a difficult task and the literal translation of the word Israel is one who struggles with God (Buchanan and Halliwell , 2008 . One of their most basic beliefs is that they have the responsibility to worship God and recite prayers , which is called Tefillah . They should also express their gratitude and thanks to the Lord for his love and greatness , which is shown through the Amidah or the prayer of18 blessings in praise of God recited while standing . They also see themselves to have the task of responding to God through both repentance and search of social justice (Buchanan and Halliwell , 2008 History of Key Sacred Texts

The Torah , or Law , is the commandment given by God to His chosen people . It was originally pertained to the Ten Commandments , and eventually became the Pentateuch . The Torah is the most important text in the Jewish religious life , as it contains the revelation from God . It is God 's gift to His people given to Moses at Mount Sinai . However , the original texts given by God to Moses did not survive the raid of Jerusalem during 6 BC . Also destroyed were the other Scriptures written by different Prophets , with high relevance to the Jewish faith . But after the release of Israel from Babylon in 5 BC , the Prophet Ezra revived the accounts on the life of the Patriarchs and the history of God 's chosen people . And between 4 and 2 BC , other authors wrote down the different Scriptures of other Prophets that existed long before Prophet Jonah , who lived during the 8th century BC , was found to have his scriptures written...

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