Similarities Between San Hunter-Gatherers And Judaism

The following essay aims to compare the beliefs and practices of the religion of the San hunter-gatherers and Judaism.

The San are the oldest inhabitants of Southern Africa, where they have lived for at least 20 000 years. The term San is commonly used to refer to a diverse group of hunter-gatherers living in Southern Africa who share historical and linguistic connections. The San were also referred to as Bushmen, but this term has since been abandoned as it is considered derogatory. On the other hand, Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world that still exists today. Jewish history, beliefs, and traditions were recorded in the Hebrew Bible beginning as early as the 8th century BCE. Although it never achieved dominant numbers, the faith of the Hebrews—just one of many ancient Middle Eastern tribes—continues to exert a profound influence in the modern western world. Jewish beliefs centre on the conviction that there is only one God. This was a minority view in its time, but monotheism is now dominant in the western world—thanks to the influence of Judaism on the powerful religions of Christianity and Islam.Today, approximately 14 million people identify themselves as Jews. There are three main branches of Judaism, each with different approaches to religious life:

These include the belief in one god, the Chosen people and the advent of a messiah. They consider one supreme deity as all-knowing and all-powerful. Additionally, nothing will come into existence except by his will. God is additionally described with having certain characteristics. Jews believe that God has human qualities, is different from the created world and cannot be identified with any aspect of creation, He is present in everything, he has formed a covenant relationship with the people of Israel as his “chosen people” and that He is a God of “all creation” who is regarded an active participant in all human