world religions week 4 judaism
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What does Modern Judaism believe and practice? How can Christians build respectful and loving, truth-seeking relationships with Jewish persons?TRANSCRIPT
World Religions
The Gospel and Friendship in a Pluralistic Suburb
What Do You Know?
How familiar are you with the Bible?
Do you have any personal experience
with Judaism?
What do you know about modern Judaism?
What questions do you have about Judaism?
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Our “Mars Hill” Methodology
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• A basic introduction to the faith’s worldview
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• Areas of agreement between that faith and Orthodox Christian theology and practice
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• Areas of disagreement between that faith and Orthodox Christian theology and practice
GOAL: To equip you to build a truth-seeking relationship with someone of another faith.
Judaism
Chosen by G_d
Wait… Which Judaism?
Ancient Yahwism
Second Temple Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism
Orthodox
Conservative
Reform
Early Christianity
Catholicism
Protestantism
Lutherans
Presbyterians
Methodists
NazarenesOrthodoxy
G_d’s Way: Ancient Yahwism
A personal God created the world
JacobMosesDavid
Where do you worship G_d?
Temple Yahwis
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BC
Dan
Bethel
Jerusalem
Diaspora: The Birth of Judaism
Babylon
Israel
Jerusalem
Judaism
Temple
Yahwism
Exile586 BC
G_d’s Way: Second Temple Judaism
Rebuilding the Temple
*Not the same*Antioches IV Epiphanes(167 BC)*Popmey (63 BC)
Sadducees
*Conservatives*Temple-centric
Pharisees
*Liberals*Oral Torah*Ambivalent toward Temple*Most like Jesus
Zealots & Essenes
*Fringe movements*Rejected Temple*Revolutionary/Apocalyptic
Order in the Midst of Change
The Jewish Wars
Second Diaspora
Medieval Judaism
Renaissance
Judaism
Orthodoxy
Orthopraxy
Orthopraxy vs. Orthodoxy
The Holocaust
Renaissance
Judaism
Branches of Judaism Today
Orthodox
Conservative
Reform
Modern
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Jewish Beliefs
G_d is One
Authority of the Law & Prophets
Jewish Scripture: The Tanakh
Torah/LawGenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy
Nevi’im/ProphetsJoshuaJudgesSamuelKingsIsaiahJeremiahEzekielBook of the 12
Khetuvim/WritingsPsalmsProverbsJobScrolls (Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations)DanielEzra/NehimiahChronicles
Jewish Scripture: The Talmud
Jewish Beliefs
G_d is One
Authority of the Law & ProphetsA Messiah and Resurrection
LiberalConservative
Jewish Beliefs
G_d is One
Authority of the Law & ProphetsA Messiah and Resurrection
Humanity represents G_d
Jewish Practice: The Way of G_D
“Hear, O Israel! Adonai is our God!Adonai is One!”-- Deuteronomy 6:4
Jewish Practice: Sabbath
Sabbath
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Rosh Hashan
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Yom Kippur
SukkotFeast of Booths
Hannukah
Purim
Passover
Shavuot
Pentecost
Jewish Practice: Holy Days
Other Ordering Practices
Eating Kosher
Circumcision
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Ceremonial Cleansings
Building Bridges to Judaism
We share a common sacred history.
Humans bear the Image of a personal G_d.Humanity is fallen and needs forgiveness.
God saves us by Grace.
The World is going somewhere Good.
Jews and Christians Both Value
Having a relationship with G_d
Living out G_d’s Way in the world
Repenting of Sin and seeking forgiveness
G_d’s character
Where Judaism and Christianity Disagree
Practice vs. Belief
God is One vs. Trinity
Nature of Torah
Nature of the Messiah
How Not to Build a Friendship
Modern Judaism is NOT “Old Testament Faith”
Be careful how you engage a tradition
Eating a Seder meal doesn’t make you more like Jesus.
Don’t say, We’re really all Jewish now!
How to Be a Perfect Stranger
Services last anywhere from 30 min- 3 hours.
Services include prayer, singing and reading from Torah
Men: shirt, tie and yarmulke (provided)Women: Dress, skirt/blouse, head-covering (maybe)
Stand and sit when everyone else does. Read/sing if you want.
Stay for a reception (Kiddush)afterwards!
