Judaism+Swofford

On the part of the podcast we’re focusing on Judaism. Judaism was the first world religion if you didn’t know that it started with Abraham and now we’re going to tell you more about Judaism. Heres Justin!

Monotheism is the belief in one god. Most other religions were polytheism. Islam and Christianity are both examples of monotheism. Polytheism is the opposite of monotheism. Polytheism is the belief in 2 or more gods.

The Torah is the book for Judaism religion the Torah is actually the first 5 books of the bible so basically the torah is a big part of this religion.

The Ten Commandments were a gift from God to Moses The reason they are important is because these were the laws that the Jewish people were to live by. In one way they are the same as the laws of Mesopotamia, some people believed in the laws and some people didn't. When Moses was a baby there were killing baby boy so his mother put him in a basket and he put him in the Nile River. Abraham was born in Ur, Ur is a town in Mesopotamia and his god told him to travel to Egypt and made a promise to God.

Theocracy a government ruled by religious leaders and There are only two theocracy’s in the world, and they are vatican city and iran.