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History of Judaism
The History of Judaism is the history of the Jewish people, their religion and culture, tracing back to the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob of the 18th c. BCE. The earliest mention of Israel as a people was discovered in an inscription on the Merneptah Stele from the 1200s BCE.
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David reigned as king for how many years?
King David reigned for 40 years. I Kings 2:11 - David reigned for seven years in Hebron, and then thirty-three years in Jerusalem between the years of around 1000 and the 970's BC.
He is thought to have been contemporary with the pharaoh Siamun and Ahirom king of Tyre/Byblos.
This has been confirmed by most Biblical scholars and certain fragments of Aramic documents support this. Thus we see a reign in total by King David from the 1000 BC to 970 BC dates as stated above.
Are the Falasha Jews the original Jews?
On the evidence, no, although traditional beliefs among the Falasha Jews is that they are from the tribe of Dan.
A 1999 study of the DNA of 38 unrelated Beta Israel (Falasha Jew) males living in Israel and 104 Ethiopians living in regions located north of Addis Ababa demonstrated that the male ancestry of Falasha Jews was from Ethiopia, not Palestine.
A 2002 study of Mitochondrial DNA (which is passed through only maternal lineage to both men and women) showed that the most common mtDNA type found among the Ethiopian Falasha sample was present only in Somalia. Thus the female ancestry of Falasha Jews was also not from Palestine.
The ancestors of Falasha Jews were converts to the religion.
Have Jews ever enslaved other people of different heritage or beliefs?
Yes, but not for that reason.
The Ancient Israelites had slaves and are believed to have treated them similarly to how it was described in the Bible. Slavery was quite common in the Ancient World and most slaves were acquired as prisoners of war, not for religious reasons. The Israelite treatment of slaves was quite moderate given what the norm of slave treatment was.
Wealthy Jews were occasionally be slaveholders in Islamic States such as the Caliphates (where many Muslims were also slaveholders) and we also part of the slave trade. Jews were also occasionally slaveholders in the Americas where slavery was accepted. A number of Jews held African-American Slaves on their plantations in the United States and elsewhere. Jews did not enslave Africans because of their belief system, but because they and society around them bought into the idea that unpaid labor was acceptable.
Who does Jewish scripture say delivered God's laws to the ancient Hebrews?
Moses, who was called Moshe (משה) in Hebrew.
How did Frank Foley help the Jews when they were mistreated during the Holocaust?
Frank Foley was an official at the British Embassy in Berlin in the late 1930s and had a senior post in the passport and visa department. As far as possible, he bent or broke the British government's rules for admitting refugees to (1) Britain and (2) the British Mandate of Palestine. He sympathized with the plight of the Jews and tried to admit as many as possible without getting caught by either his co-workers, his superiors or by the Nazis.
On at least one occasion, he went to Buchenwald concentration camp in person, and secured the release of one or more Jewish prisoners on the understanding that they would be allowed into Britain without further ado.
In 2010 Foley was nominated a British Hero of the Holocaust (BHH) as, for reasons that I do not know, he did not enjoy dimplomatic immunity and in addition to working in the passport and visa department of the British Embassy he was also a member of the Secret Intelligence Service.
According to Jewish tradition, the Sanhedrin was founded by Moses, at the command of God. The date is not exactly known, as the dates of Moses' life are not known either, but best guesses put it about 1000-1500 years before the birth of Christ. The institution saw a huge reduction in power in 70 C.E, and was completely disbanded by 425 C.E.
Did Jewish children also get number tattoos on their arms?
No. Only adults considered fit for work were registered and tattooed.
Why did the Jews not like Cyrus rule?
The supposition of this question, namely that Jews did not like Cyrus the Great, is very wrong. The Book of Ezra/Nehemiah shows how happy the Jews were that Cyrus the Great had come to power and gave them the freedom to return to Judea and rebuild the Great Temple. Cyrus the Great is still highly regarded in the Jewish community for his positive stance towards the Jews of his empire.
How were the Jews treated in Nazi Germany 1936?
Jews in Nazi Germany were treated very poorly. The were beaten, sent to concentration camps, their businesses were burnt down and many were killed.
When a Jew moves to Israel, it is said that he/she is making Aliyah. Aliyah means arising, ascending, going up. It is said that moving to Israel is moving to a higher spiritual plane, thus the usage of the term aliyah. Aliyah is also used to refer to someone coming up to read from the Torah.
However, Aliyah is not the proper opposite to Diaspora. Aliyah is what an individual does. The opposite of Aliyah is Yeridah, when a single person leaves Israel.
The opposite of Diaspora, which is the communal dispersion of the Jewish people, is the communal return of the Jewish people to Israel. This return has not yet happened. There are still more Jews outside of Israel than inside of it. Such a return would likely be called the Geula or Redemption. Another opposite for the Exiling of the Jews (Diaspora) is Kibbutz Galuyot (Ingathering of the Exiles).
Is Zionism the Jewish nationalist movement had been growing since the late 1800s?
YES. Zionism is the Jewish nationalist movement leading to the creation of the State of Israel and had been growing since its formation as a coherent ideological concept in the 1890s.
When did Felicia Haberfeld and Alfons Haberfeld get married?
They were married by 1937 since that was when their daughter was born.
What land was occupied by Jews prior to settling in Europe or the US?
Judaea (Palestine). In 70 AD they rebelled against the Romans and were defeated and scattered.
Who killed Jews in the past like Hitler?
Ancient Egyptians used Jews as slaves and when the Jewish population outnumbered the Egyptian, all the Jewish babies were killed. The Jews were exploited for hard labor and they have been prosecuted throughout history. Moses led the Jews out of Egypt to the promise land.
Which statement best explains why many Jews left Russia during the late 1800s?
Persecution by the Tsarist regime.
Did the Jews build a kingdom in Canaan after or before Moses led them out of Egypt?
Afterwards.
Moses' disciple, Joshua, led the Jewish people into Canaan for the first time since Jacob's family of 70 people departed for Egypt according to the Bible.
The books of Ezra And Nehemiah describe what event in Jewish history?
The return of several tens of thousands of Jews from the Babylonian exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the Temple.
