Judaism: End Of Section Test Flashcards
In what book in the Bible would you find the story of Creation?
Genesis
Give TWO examples of someone we have studied who showed great faith?
- Abraham because he trusted God
2. Moses because he did God’s bidding
Explain two ways that the story of Abraham influences Jews today.
- It tells Jews to believe in God and he will serve and deliver what he promised. Abraham trusts and worships God to give him a son. To day you do this by praying to God and believing he will help you.
- It tells us that God has chosen Abraham as a special person who would become a ruler of a great land. This is the basis of the idea of the Jews as the chosen people by God.
What is the tale of the burning bush?
When Moses was 80 years old, he was living peacefully as a shepherd in the desert. One day he was tending his flock when he heard the voice of God coming from a burning bush.
Moses was told by God to collect his people who were slaves and take them to a better land.
What is a covenant?
Deal between God and another person
What did God order Moses to do when his voice came out of the burning bush?
God ordered Moses to go to the Pharoah and force him to let his Hebrew people, currently working as slaves, go.
At first Moses was afraid to challenge the Pharoah. What changed his mind?
God gave him special powers that would show the people he was acting in God’s name:
- Staff that become a snake then a staff again
- Diseased hand becomes healed
When he uses the staff against the Egyptians it does many more miracles to punish them.
What does the story of the burning bush teach a Jewish people?
It taught them to believe they had a special relationship with God for which God gave them the right to occupy the promised land known as Israel.
Also it showed them that if a group of people do wrong e.g Egyptian enslaving the Hebrews, then God will help out the badly treated people.
The Ten Commandments are irrelevant today
Explain your opinion showing that you have considered more than one point of vie Lawand w. 10 marks
The statement is wrong because although there are many more rules in life than the 10 in the 10 commandments, these are the rules to follow to be a good person.
Also some of the 10 commandments are laws, e.g. ‘you shall not steal’ is a law, as is ‘you shall not murder’. Another is ‘you shall not bear false witness against your neighbour, meaning you shall not lie in court.
If you didn’t have the 10 commandments, people would steal,kill and send the wrong person to jail or abuse or torture people into doing what you want. ‘You shall not take the Lord’s name in vain’ this would an abuse of God’s creation.
Another thing that could happen is there might be slave trade which would break the commandment ‘you shall not take the Lord’s name in vain. This would be an abuse of God’s creation. The slaves would not be allowed to rest on The Sabbath day which should be a day of holy rest.
If the 10 commandments were not enforced then many terrible things could happen.
This statement ‘the 10 commandments are irrelevant today’ is true because if the 10 commandments weren’t there, most of them would be covered by Law and the one’s that wouldn’t only relate to Jewish religion, e.g. no working on the sabbath, don’t covet another man’s wife. Also not everyone know the 10 commandments and not everyone believes in religion, but they still lead a good life and are good people.
Overall, I think that the 10 commandments set the start of the law but now law has taken their place and the remaining commandments ‘you shall not have any God before me’, you shall not make idols to manipulate god, ‘remember the Sabbath and keep it as a holy rest day’ or you shall not covet another man’s wife are only relevant to Jews or other believers in God.
It is all partly relevant though as it helps you be a good and kind person.
Are the 10 commandments only relevant to Jews and Christians?
No, they should be relevant to everyone who wants to be a decent person and/or believes in God.
