covenant with Abraham Flashcards
what is Brit Milah
circumcision
what is the promised land
land of jews promised by god to Abraham
SOWA
story of Abraham in Genesis - the covenant of circumsision Abraham was promised that he would be the father of a great nation and promised land
what was God’s role in the covenant
what was Abrahams role in the covenant
God (3)
1 he would give Sara a son
2 Abraham will have many desendants and will be 3 the father of a great nations
Abraham (3)
Leave Ur and go where God guides him
keep the covenant have trust in God and circumsize his son Isaac
who are the 3 patriarchs of jewdaism
Abraham - grandfather
Isaac - father
Jacob - son
who was Abraham
born Abram founder of jewdaism as he came to believe the universe was the work of a single creator - different to other religions who believed in many Gods
What is the nature and history of the Abrahamic covenant
1 God called Abraham to leave his home and family and was promised land and many descendants
2 Abraham sealed the covenant by circumsising himself and all males in the family
3 there were 10 tests for Abraham - the first was to leave his home
4 the final test was to sacrifice his son Isaac - an angel stopped the sacrifice because Isaac and Abraham showed they were obedient
5 Abraham was promised a great nation but he and his wife were old and had no children
6 Abraham had a child called Ishmael with his wife’s servant
7 God blessed Abraham and Sara with a child called Isaac
8 Isaac son Jacob had 12 sons who established the 12 sons of Israel
how does the covenant effect Jews today (4)
1 it has not yet been fulfilled - they hope to live as a great nation in a promised land
2 covenant with Moses gave Jews the law
3 Jews still circumcised today
4 birth of Isaac shows God always keeps his promises and intervenes when necessary
how does the promised land effect Jews today (4)
1 Israel is still central to Jewdaism
2 many laws link to the promised land
3 prayers for a return to Israel
4 living outside of Israel is thought by some as a form of exile
what was Abraham the first to teach
the idea of 1 God
what do Jews believe about Israel include divergent view (5)
it is from God
needs to be claimed to fulfil God’s will
living outside Israel is exile
Orthodox pray to return to Israel
others are reluctant to bring God into politics
How is covenant divergent for orthodox and progressive
orthodox still circumsise progressive have welcoming ceromony
