Judaism- The Covenant At Sinai + Promised Land Flashcards

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Covenant

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Promise betwene g-d and israel (god’s chosen poeple and descendent of jacob)- central to ojudaism
Several versions of this covenant in torah and tanakh

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Noah

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G-d destroy entire human race by flood- apart from etxtended family of noah
At end of flood- g-d promises noah to never destroy humanity again

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Abram- who was he

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Nomad- founder of first patriarch- jewish people hsould aim to live in his example- idea of promised land emerged
Born in ur- iraq- idol worhshipping common

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Abram- stories

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-abram and wife sarah too old to have children
Told by g-d to go to canaan- pl
And also to follow his rules to be good examples- in return g-d gave abraham and sarah child, and to name ytheir descendents his chosen people
-g-d changes abram to abraham (father of the many) and sarai to sarah
-son called isaac- g-d tests abraham sacrifice his son- g-d saves isaac atr last minute by replacing with ram
0g-d’s covenant with abraham
Give abrahams descendents as long as
Worship only one true g-d
Circumcises his descendents- sign of covenant- brit millsh

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Importance of abraham

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Abraham first to reject false idols in favour fo one ture g-d
Covenant extends to all jews- start of relationship with g-d and jewish people
Covenant carries with it promise of land of canaan- some jews believe promise is still to be fulfilled

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Jacob

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Renewed covenant
Renamed to israel
Jacob’s 12 sons ancestors of so called ‘12 tribes of israel’ slaves of egypt

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What book is moses in

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Exodus

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Moses

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Moshe rabberia- moses our teacher
Central prophet
‘Founder’ of jewish faith0 althoygh people existed before as circumcised decendednts of jacob

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Role of moses

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Called by g-d to lead israelites to freedom- through red sea
Shekinah settles on mt sinai
Even though israelites freed- started to pray to idols (golden calf) and live in way not pleasing to g-d- therefore 10 commandments

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Quotes- abrham to go to pl

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‘Go forth from your native land’ ‘to the land that I will show you’ genesis 12:1-3

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Quotes abraham- covenant

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‘An eternal covenant’ ‘i will make nations of you’ ‘as numerous as the stars of heaven’ genesis 17L:6-7

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10 commandments

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-monotheism
-forbid making or worshipping of false idols
-forbid misuse of name of g-d
-keep shabbat holy
-‘honor your father and your mother’ 20:12
-‘thou shalt not nyder;
-‘not commit adultery’
‘Shalt not steal’
‘Not bear false witness against thy neighbor’
‘Shall not cover thy neighbors house’ ‘wife’ ‘anything that us thy neighbors- dont be envious of others

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Monotheism- 10 c

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G-d alone should be worshipped
‘Toghuo shalt have no other g-d’s before me’

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Forbids making of false idols

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Forbid image of g-d and any interpretation oo rimage
‘Thopu shalt not make unto thee a graven image’ - reflected in synagogues where human figures are rarely if ever depucted
‘The lord thy g-d am a jealous g-d’

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10 commandments- facts

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Exxodus 20:11-15
First of 613
Decalogue- beginning of jewish law

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Forbids misuse of the name of g-d

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Only reference to obliquelty rathr than by name
Often called hashem (the name) in hevrew
Eng. speaking orthodox- writw as ‘g-d

‘Thou shalt not take the name of the lor thy g-d in vain’

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Keep shabbat holy

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Orthodox refrain from doing any work from friday sundown to sunset saturday- task undertaken by building solomon’s temole

‘Seventh day is a sabbath unto th elord thy g-d’
‘Thou shalt noit do any manner of work’

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Commmon and divergent emphais splaced on the covenant at sinai by diff jewish groups

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-importance of covenant at sinai as foundation of jewish mnitzzvot- all agree
-promised land as modern day state israel- some agreed- but some may see more as a oast realith rather than a present day promise
-necessity of covenant at sinai (needed so isrealites knoiw their obligations to g-d, to each other)
No guarentee of wht isrealites themselves
Some agree necessity as when at mt sinai- reverted to worshipping idol
Probllem portrays isrealites as ignorant children0 needed to be instructed by g-d
-commandments arer rational consequences of belif in a supreme diety- existance evident
Some agree0 g-d merely tells israleites authoruty what should know anyway- eg. Common sense but still spelled out

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Orthodox significance of moses

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Entire torah- authroed by nises
Prophetic inspiration word of g-d
Directly from g-d to moses therefore strictly followed

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Liberal (Eg. Reform) signifcance of moses

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Many refkect as implausable moses wrote all of torah- but embodies spirit of revelation he recieved
Developed over time- later attributed to moses

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Promised land- genesis- torah

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-g-d made promise to abraham
12:1-3- ‘unto the land that i will show thee’ ‘i will make of thee a freat natiopn’
Terrotory god promises to a 13:18-19 ‘from, the river of egypt unto the great river’
Diff to translate to modern geographical terms esp dont know where all tribes were exactly
-a covenant recieved- sacrifice to g-d, circumcise his descetants- commit a and his descendants to worhip g-d
-in return g=-d promise a (but not for him, his descendents) possesion of pl

Jacob- promise reitterated

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Exodus- promised land

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Moses lead hebrews back to promised land from geypt

Joshua0- after death moses- personally appointed to lead conquest of territory of canaanites and other troops deutreronomuy 31:1-8

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Historical book of tanakh- promised land

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Establishment of a kingdom- in a least part of pl
By saul david and solomon
During solomans reign that newish nation ruled over largest territory

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Pl after diaspoora

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70ce
Jews made an act or returning to origional territory of kingdom of israel and judah

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Pl 1947
Large jewish community living alongside mulsims- then british control palestine
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1948
Jews living w/in palestine0- declared independance of state of israel -many jews believed state of israel=promised land 1- palestinians no right to own state 2state solution- palestinain state exist alongside state of Israel Jews secular support for state of israel- zionism- belif iin ejwish homeland
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Orthodox belief ppl
Zionism divinely sanctioned0 claiming land of israel- jews fulfill g-d’s will and achtions in promise to abraham However- some may be relutant to bring in g-d to political zionism- jews must ave national homeland to protect themselves from autrocities such as holocaust For historical reasons in israel
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Refom belief on pl
Reluctant to bring religion into discussion of political legitimacy of state of israel May clash wuth hasidic minority and orthodox and with many isralei civilians
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Minoirty of hasidic jews on pl
Oppose existance of state of israel Jews onlyt return to promised land under rule of messiah State of israel is secular political creation because hews exile was pubnisgment form g-d Contrasts many other jewish groups
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Israel civilians on pl
Many cultural jews, non practising Belief in israel political, not religious Oppose to orthodox
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Many jews believe pl
Foundation of israel as fulfilment of herzl dream of jewish national homeland Opposed reform, israel citizents and orthodoz
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V small minority on pl
Not important to their understanding of what it means to be jewish- tend to be m=no practising