All the key concepts

Question 1

What is Shekhinah?

Answer 1

the place where gods presence rests and can be felt

Question 2

MITZVOT

Answer 2

There are 613 mitzvot rules in the torah
they are duties or good deeds

Question 3

TORAH

Answer 3

the five books of Moses e.g. Genesis.
the holiest books of the TeNak

Question 4

covenant

Answer 4

a promise between two people or groups.
covenants were made between god with Noah, Abraham and Moses

Question 5

messiah

Answer 5

the anointed one who Jews believe will bring in a new age
this will include bringing in a age of universal peace.

Question 6

kosher

Answer 6

.foods that can be eaten by Jewish people
.it is also used to refer to the purity of objects like Torah scrolls

Question 7

Shabbat

Answer 7

day of rest
happens every week on a Friday night to Saturday

Question 8

synagogue

Answer 8

house of assembly
building for Jewish public prayer, study, and assembly

Question 9

Torah

Answer 9

the five books of Moses e.g genisis
the holiest books of the TeNak

Question 10

creation ex nihilo

Answer 10

creation out of nothing
before god created the universe, nothing existed only god can create out of nothing

Question 11

evolution

Answer 11

the process of mutation and natural selection leads to changes in species over time to suit particular environments

Question 12

imago dei

Answer 12

in the image of god
the belief that human beings are uniquely a reflection of God’s personhood

Question 13

inspiration

Answer 13

god breathed
the belief that the spirit of god guides an individual to act or write what is good and true.

Question 14

omnipotence

Answer 14

the belief that god is all powerful

Question 15

revelation

Answer 15

the word used to describe all of the ways in which god makes himself known to human beings
Christians believe that god does this finally and fully in the person of Jesus christ.

Question 16

stewardship

Answer 16

the duty to care for creation responsibility, as stewards rather than consumers, to protect it for future generations

Question 17

transcendence

Answer 17

existing outside of space and time
god exists in a way that makes him nothing like anything else that exists, above and beyond creation

Question 18

incarnation

Answer 18

‘made flesh’
the Christians belief that god became man in Jesus

Question 19

evil

Answer 19

the absence of good
this is at the expense of others which often result in suffering

Question 20

privation

Answer 20

the loss of something that is normally present
St Augustine said that evil is a privation of good.

Question 21

suffering

Answer 21

pain or loss which harms the human being
some suffering is caused by other human beings (moral evil); some is not (natural evil)

Question 22

goodness

Answer 22

the quality of being like god
seeking the well-being of others selflessly

Question 23

free-will

Answer 23

the decision making part of a person’s mind: the will.
free-will is when a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces.

Question 24

natural law

Answer 24

the laws of right and wrong are the same for all peoples in all places at all times
every human can discover the natural law.

Question 25

conscience

Answer 25

human reason makes moral decisions the knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by god.