characteristics - principal beliefs

Question 1

principal beliefs

Answer 1

• one god
• covenant
• moral law

Question 2

one god

Answer 2

• God is one
• God is eternal
• God is omnipresent (god is everywhere)
• God is omnipotent (god is all-powerful with no limitations)
• God is omniscience (God is all-knowing

Question 3

covenant

Answer 3

• importance of covenant (between god and the people of Israel)

Question 4

1st expression of the covenant

Answer 4

1. god and Noah
   - God saves Noah from flood and Noah must care for all of creation
   - symbol is rainbow

Question 5

2nd expression of the covenant

Answer 5

2. god and Abraham
   - called to leave his home and move to the promised land (Canaan/Israel)
   - god promises numerous descendants
   - promises of land and people
   - symbol is circumcision

Question 6

3rd expression of the covenant

Answer 6

• god and Moses
• exodus event
• god saved Israelites and they were then obliged to accept ten commandments

Question 7

4th expression of the covenant

Answer 7

• god and David

- David is a Shepard and God chooses him to be a king, David must walk in gods way

Question 8

the essence of the covenant

Answer 8

• significant because it expresses the ongoing relationship between God and the people of Israel that are the core of the Jewish tradition

Question 9

exile and restoration in the covenant

Answer 9

• people are blessed when they are faithful and suffer when they are not

Question 10

moral code

Answer 10

• Jews look towards the sacred texts to find responses to ethical questions

Question 11

moral law

Answer 11

• 10 commandments

- 613 mitzvot