Judaism

Judaism Judaism Judaism first appeared in or around 587 B.C.E., in the Egyptian/Mesopotamian region. Judaism made its start as “Yahwehism”, the religion of the Israelites. In contrast with modern day Judaism, you can find many similarities, yet there are some major differences. The Israelites were not monotheists, rather they were henotheists, believing in the existence of other gods, but only worshipping one. Most Jews today are strict monotheists, believing in the existence of only one god. The Israelites also only studied and followed the Book of Deuteronomy. Jews today generally follow many of the twenty-four books that make up the Tanak The Pharisees and the Sadducees, though both considered Biblical Judaism, differ in several ways. The Pharisees sometimes called the “Separate Ones”, follow the Torah and believe in the “Messiah”. The Pharisees also believe in the “Final Judgement” and “resurrection of the dead”. After this final judgement, those who were of good faith and had atonement will go on to “Paradise”, yet those who were evil will go on to “Gehenna” or hell. The Sadducees on the other hand, do not believe in any sort of afterlife. For the Sadducees there is no “Final Judgement”, no Messiah and no resurrections. Around 70 jews, judaism, believe, follow, torah, one, israelites, afterlife, yahweh, today, salvation, sadducees, roman’s, pharisees, nomism, kabbalah, judgement, final, covental, after, yet, view, under, sort, similar, resurrection, respect, rather, placed, paradise, non-jews, much, monotheists, messiah, jerusalem