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Jewish Texts
The laws and principles of Judaism are described in sacred texts, or writings.
What is The Torah?• Most sacred text in Judaism• Made up of 5 books• Jews believed The Torah was shown to Moses by
God• Includes a history of Jews until death of Moses
This is a Torah.You are not supposed to touch it, so you use a pointer with a finger on the end, called a yad, to touch it.
How is the Torah Studied?
• Read and used in religious ceremonies as synagogues (Jewish house of worship)
• Every synagogue has a Torah
What is the Hebrew Bible?• Also called the Tanach
• Has 3 parts to it
T h e To rah M e ssa ge s o f the P ro ph e ts8 B oo ks
P o e try, S o n gs , S to riesL e sso n s, H is to ry
1 1 B o o ks
T h e H e b re w B ib le
Prophets are people who are said to receive messages from God to be taught to others.
What are some things in the 3rd Book?
• Book of Daniel: tells story of prophet Daniel
• He lived during Babylonian Captivity
• Angered the King and was thrown into lion’s den
• Daniel’s faith in God kept the lions from killing him
What does the story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den teach?
What Are The Proverbs?• Also in 3rd book• Short expressions of Hebrew
wisdom• Usually attributed to Hebrew
leaders, especially King Solomon
“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches”
What does this mean?
What are the Psalms?
• Also in 3rd book, called Book of Psalms
• Poems or songs
of praise to God
• Many attributed
to King David
23rd Psalm:
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteouness for
His name’s sake.”
When might a person read this Psalm? What does
It mean?
What is the Talmud?• A set of commentaries,
stories, and folklore• Written between AD
200 and 600• Scholars studied the
Torah and Jewish laws;
some laws are hard to understand, so they wrote commentaries and explanations about them
What are the Dead Sea scrolls?
• Written by Jews who lived 2,000 years ago
• Not discovered until 1947
• Two boys were searching for a lost goat near the Dead Sea and stumbled upon a cave that had old jars filled with moldy scrolls inside of them: The Dead Sea Scrolls!
The dead sea
What did the scrolls reveal?• They were written
between 100 BC and
AD 50• Included prayers,
commentaries, letters, and passages from the Hebrew Bible
• Helped historians and archaeologists learn about Jewish life thousands of years ago