beliefs and teachings: covenant: Abraham Flashcards
what is covenant between in judaism?
covenant agreement between god and jewish people
what does the torah records?
records god making relationships with individuals and groups through a covenant
what is marked of the making of the covenant?
marked by a special sign
what did abraham find?
judaism
what is abraham often called as?
father
what is abraham son issac and grandson jacob are called?
called the patriarchs which they are the physical and spiritual ancestors of the jewish people
what was abraham?
shepherd by trade and came from Ur Mesopotamia which is a modern-day Iraq
at the time, what did people belived in?
believed in many gods (polytheism)
how was Abraham the first person to teach that there is only one god?
tradition says his father made idols but questioned this
what does the torah about abraham?
that god commanded abraham to leave his homeland behind for a new life
took his wife sarah with him
what was his original name and why was it changed?
original name: abram but god called him abraham as it means ‘father of all nations’
the promise land: why did gods called Abraham?
called him from Ur to a land that the would give to him
the promise land: who did abraham bring to where?
him and his descendants made their new home in the land of Canaan
the promise land: is the land given to Abraham called now?
Israel, named after his grandson
the promise land: why is the land referred to the promise land?
because of god’s repeated promise to give the land to the descendants of Abraham
the promise land: why have jews lived in this land continuously?
from the time of its original conquest by Joshua more than 3200 years ago
the promise of descendants: what did god promised Abraham?
that he would make a great nation out of him
the promise of descendants: why did god changed his name?
changed it name from Abram to Abraham as it means father of all nations
the promise of descendants: where is the promise shown in?
genesis 17:6-8 where god promises that nations and kings will descend from Abraham
the promise of descendants: why was it unexpected that he and his wife had a son?
they were very old
the promise of descendants: what would Isaac’s son Jacob go on to find?
the 12 tribes of Israel
the sign of circumcision: what did god promised?
to bless Abraham and the families of the earth through him
the sign of circumcision: how did Abraham sealed the covenant?
by circumcising himself and the males in his family
the sign of circumcision: what does circumcision involve?
involves the removal of a boy’s foreskin on the eighth day after birth
the sign of circumcision: why does all males need to be circumcised?
to carry a mark in their flesh off their relationship with god
