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JudaismChristianityIslam2014.pptxJudaism, Christianity, Islam
What is iconography?
Judaism
“Children of Israel”
Also referred to themselves as Israelites, Hebrews; later knows as Jews after the region around Jerusalem known as Judea.
Monotheistic religion
God created heaven and earth and his power is manifested there
His creation was good, but the first man and woman transgressed and were dispelled from the Garden of Eden.
Adam and Eve by Albrecht Durer
The first patriarch or Hebrew leader was Abraham
Abraham made a covenant with God.
This covenant or agreement is referred to many times in the Torah, the first 5 books of the Bible, also called the Pentateuch.
Rembrandt (Abraham and Isaac)
Caravaggio
Moses
Originally from Canaan, the hilly country between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean coast, the Hebrews later went to Egypt where they were enslaved by the Egyptians.
About 1250 B.C.E. the patriarch Moses defied the pharaoh and led his people in an exodus from Egypt into the Sinai desert.
On Mt. Sinai God is said to have given Moses the Decalogue or Ten Commandments
The Hebrews wandered for forty years until they were delivered to the “Promised Land” by the patriarch Joshua.
Over the next 200 years they gained control of the entire region, calling themselves Israelites after the patriarch Jacob, who renamed himself Israel.
What are the 10 Commandments?
The Hebrew Bible consists of three major groupings
1. The Law—first 5 books
2. The Prophets
3. The Writings
Biblical Kings
By 1000 B.C.E. the kingdom of Israel was established with Saul as its first king.
The Biblical book I Samuel describes Saul’s kingship and the arrival of David who saves the Israelites from their enemy the Philistines by slaying the giant Goliath. David is known as Israel’s greatest king.
The last important Israelite king was David’s son Solomon.
Known for his wisdom.
Associated with
the temple
he had built
in Jerusalem.
After the death of Solomon the kingdom of Israel went into steady decline and periods of foreign occupation.
The Roman destruction of Jerusalem ended Jewish power in the region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYZjOuUnlU
(Israel/Palestine)
Christianity
Jesus was Jewish.
His followers, the first Christians, considered him to be the Messiah or “Anointed One”—a Savior.
Jesus was born in Judea, then controlled by the Romans under the rule of the emperor Augustus.
What’s Christmas all about, Charlie Brown?
Boy Jesus in the Temple
Jesus public ministry began at the age of 30 when he performed his first miracle, turning water into wine.
Jesus taught through the use of stories known as parables.
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
Jesus Christ became a political threat leading to his eventual execution by crucifixion
Christian addition to the Bible is Known as the New Testament.
The New Testament is made up of stories about Jesus reported by four of his followers, the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as well as letters to early Christians and some other material.
Early Christians suffered continual persecution at the hands of Romans.
Christian martyrs were often declared saints as were those who were responsible for performing miracles during various time periods.
Holy Family and Holy Trinity
James Version (KJV)
1.) The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2.) He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me
beside the still waters. 3.) He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name's sake. 4.) Ye though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5.) Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6.) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord.
Catholicism was the all-encompassing Christian religion until the time of the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.
