BY THE BOOK

MOTIVATION
JUDAISM

MOTIVATION
1. Understand the historical
background of Judaism;
2. Enumerate the sacred texts of
Judaism; and
3. Recite the Ten Commandments.
OBJECTIVES
 JUDAISM

Historical Worships and Beliefs and

Sacred Texts Issues Subdivisions
Background Observances Doctrines

ADVANCE ORGANIZER
Historical Background
Am Ha Sefer (People of the Book)
Favorite of God (Divine Covenant)
Between Abraham and Adonai.
DISCUSSION
Historical Background
1. A Great Name
2. Numerous Descendants
3. A Land of their Own
DISCUSSION
Historical Background
Abraham’s origin was Mesopotamia
Went to Canaan (Israel and Palestine)

A revolt against polytheism

DISCUSSION
Historical Background
Abraham (Abram): Father of many
nations
Sarah (Sarai) : princess/noblewoman

Their Son: Isaac

DISCUSSION
Historical Background
Isaac and Rebecca = Jacob and Esau
From Jacob to Israel (the one who
restled with God)
12 sons of Israel became 12 tribes of
Israel
DISCUSSION
Historical Background
Because of Famine, they went to Egypt
Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt: The
Exodus
They lived in the wilderness
DISCUSSION
Historical Background
The Ten Commandments
1. I am the Lord your God, you shall not have any other gods
before me.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your god in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
4. Honor your father and your mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. DISCUSSION
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
SACRED TEXTS
Sacred Texts

Tanakh/Mikra Talmud

Torah Nevi’im Ketuvim Mishnah Gemara

ADVANCE ORGANIZER
SACRED TEXTS
1. Tanakh

2. Talmud

DISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Tanakh (written)

a. Torah
b. Nevi’im
c. Ketuvim
DISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Tanakh (written)
a. Torah (Hebrew for “instruction”)
Contains teachings and Jewish basic
laws,
Consists of the First Five Books
DISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Tanakh (written)
a. Torah (Hebrew for “instruction”)
Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
DISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Tanakh (written)
b. Nevi’im (Hebrew for “prophets”)
Contains messages of God’s
messengers.
Serves as a reprimand to the Israelites
DISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Tanakh (written)
b. Nevi’im (Hebrew for “prophets”)
Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges,
Samuel, and Kings
Latter Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
and the Twelve other ProphetsDISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Tanakh (written)
b. Nevi’im (Hebrew for “prophets”)
Twelve Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos,
Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum,
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,
Zechariah, and Malachi DISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Tanakh (written)
c. Ketuvim (Hebrew for “writings”)
Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Songs of Songs,
Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther,
Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles
DISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Talmud (verbal)

a. Mishnah
b. Gemara

DISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Talmud (verbal)
Consists of the commentaries on the
Torah by Jewish Rabbis
Orally transmitted
Used only by rabbis
DISCUSSION
SACRED TEXTS
1. Talmud (verbal)
a. Mishnah (Older, shorter, and in
Hebrew)
b. Gemara (Younger, longer, and in
Aramaic
DISCUSSION
Recitation of the Ten
Commandments

APPLICATION
The book is not everything.

GENERALIZATION
Multiple Choice
1. If Tanakh is to written Jewish teachings, ______ is to verbal/oral
Jewish teachnigs.
a. Nevi’im
b. Ketuvim
c. Talmud
d. Torah
2. In believing that there is only one God, the Jews are______.
a. Monistic
b. Agnostic
c. Polytheistic
d. Monotheistic
3. The following are the promises of Adonai to Abraham except?
a. Many wives
b. A great name
c. Numerous descendants
d. A land of their own EVALUATION
Multiple Choice
4. The Jews are also known as people of the book which is ______ in
Hebrew.
a. Elohim
b. Yahweh
c. Am Ha Sefer
d. None of the above
5. If Mishnah is written in Hebres, Gemara is written in_______.
a. Arabic
b. Aramaic
c. Islamic
d. Hebrew
6. The following are the three principal sections of Tanakh except?
a. Talmud
b. Torah
c. Nevi’im
d. Ketuvim EVALUATION
Multiple Choice
7. Torah consists of the first five books also known as _____.
a. Gemara
b. Mishnah
c. Pentateuch
d. None of the above
8. _______ is the land promised by Adonai to Abraham.
a. Egypt
b. Mesopotamia
c. Canaan
d. Philippines
9. The society where Abraham grew believed in many gods. This
belief in deity is also known as?
a. Monistic
b. Agnistic
c. Polytheistic
d. Monotheistic EVALUATION
Multiple Choice
10. If you were one of the
prophets sent by God to
Israel, what was your
main mission?
a. Feed the Israelites.
b. Entertain the Israelites
c. Reprimand the Israelites
d. None of the above
EVALUATION