Judaism- The Covenant At Sinai + Promised Land

Question 1

Covenant

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Noah

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Abram- who was he

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Abram- stories

Answer 4

-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

Question 5

Importance of abraham

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Jacob

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What book is moses in

Answer 7

Exodus

Question 8

Moses

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Role of moses

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Quotes- abrham to go to pl

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Quotes abraham- covenant

Answer 11

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

Question 12

10 commandments

Answer 12

-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

Question 13

Monotheism- 10 c

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Forbids making of false idols

Answer 14

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’

Question 15

10 commandments- facts

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Forbids misuse of the name of g-d

Answer 16

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’

Question 17

Keep shabbat holy

Answer 17

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’

Question 18

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

Answer 18

-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

Question 19

Orthodox significance of moses

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Liberal (Eg. Reform) signifcance of moses

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Promised land- genesis- torah

Answer 21

-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

Question 22

Exodus- promised land

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Historical book of tanakh- promised land

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Pl after diaspoora

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Pl 1947

Answer 25

Large jewish community living alongside mulsims- then british control palestine

Question 26

1948

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Orthodox belief ppl

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Refom belief on pl

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Minoirty of hasidic jews on pl

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Israel civilians on pl

Answer 30

Many cultural jews, non practising
Belief in israel political, not religious

Oppose to orthodox

Question 31

Many jews believe pl

Answer 31

Foundation of israel as fulfilment of herzl dream of jewish national homeland

Opposed reform, israel citizents and orthodoz

Question 32

V small minority on pl

Answer 32

Not important to their understanding of what it means to be jewish- tend to be m=no practising