Jewish mysticism and folklore

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Jewish mysticism and folklore
By Mirel Chifan
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Outline of the presentation
Brief presentation of Israel Four characters
out of the Jewish history that in essence
describe the culture and the traditions (Abraham,
Moses, David, Jesus) Books of great importance
for the Jewish society (Torah, Tanak, Zohar,
Talmud) Role of the prophets in the historical
times in Israel. Names of God , when? how? what
do they mean? Decalogue, blessings,
cursings Folkloric creatures from Old
Testament ( angels ,demons) Hell ,
Predestination , Tree of Life Importance of
Judaism for other religions Characters that
played a important role in the development of the
Jewish society( Maimonides, other
revino) Examples of famous Jews that influence
the world
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Important books in Judaism

• Torah- the most important book in the Judaic
  Society. It means teaching or the law and it is
  the most respected book from all the teaching .It
  represents the first 5 books of the Old Testament
  .Traditionally according to the church it was
  written by Moses , and given to him directly from
  God .In Greek it is called Pentateuch which means
  the 5 books or scrolls .It contains the 613
  mitzvoth that latter were extracted in the list
  of Maimonides.
• Tanak-it is practically the whole Bible of the
  Jews .A series of 24 books that contains the
  Torah, Neviilim ( the Prophets), Ketuvim or
  Writings( Psalms , Proverbs, Lamentations, Songs
  of Solomon). To be remembered that in the Jewish
  bible there is no New and Old Testaments .
• Talmud-represents the rabbinical literature which
  provides a interpretation of the Torah