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World Religions Report

World Religions Report

Introduction

Judaism is the Jewish religion . It is one of the oldest of the great world religions , and is the mother religion of both Christianity and Islam . Judaism was not founded by one towering personality , as were most other religions . Abraham and Moses are not regarded as founders . Abraham was the father of the Hebrew people ' and Moses was the law-giver . With the destruction of Solomon 's temple at Jerusalem in 586 B .C . began the scattering of the Hebrews over many lands . From then on Judaism developed as

a religion without the priestly class of the ancient temple . Moreover , Judaism is one of the oldest beliefs that are still observed and practiced up to the present and considered as one of the first recorded monotheistic ' faiths . The Jewish 's values and history are the main part of the foundation of different Abrahamic religions like Christianity , Islam , Samaritanism and the Baha 'i Faith . In 2006 Judaism 's devotees are approximately 14 million that makes Judaism faith as the eleventh-biggest organized religion globally . Unlike with other religions , Judaism is authority is not vested in any person or group ' but it abides in its writings and traditions . This would mean that Judaism religion does not have a head or a leader that oversees them but they rather obey what is written in its writings and traditions . Moreover , the Judaism church is continually bound to a number of religious practices and beliefs specifically its belief that there is one , omnipotent , omni benevolent transcended omniscient God who made the heavens and the earth and continually have its control over mankind . The conventional Jewish belief stated that the God who made the universe had made a covenant with the Jewish people only and gave his laws and commandments through Torah . Judaism`s belief and practices are focused on these laws and commandments (see Asheri , Michael . Living Jewish : the Lore and law of the Practicing Jew , 1999

According to Jewish law , anyone who has a Jewish mother counts as a Jew , even if he or she is not religious . Many Jews do , however , actively follow the religious practices of Judaism . Judaism is one of the world 's oldest religions , beginning some 3 ,500 years ago in the Middle East Today , there are about 18 million Jews . They live all over the world but mostly in the United States , Europe and Israel . There are many different groups of Jews with different ways of practicing their faith The main groups are Orthodox , Reform and Conservative Jews (see Jacobs Louis . The Book of Jewish Belief (Behrman House , 2000

Background

According to the Jewish holy books , the first Jew was a man called Abraham , who is known as the father of the Jewish people . He was the leader of a group of nomadic people , called the Hebrews . At that time the Hebrews worshipped many different gods . Abraham taught his people that there is only one God and that they should worship only him . Jews believe that God made...

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