Judiasm

Question 1

Ancient conceptions: Mesopotamians

Ziggurat

Answer 1

massive stone structure in ancient Mesopotamia

Black section = underworld

Question 2

Ancient conceptions: Mesopotamians

Arishgagul

Answer 2

Goddess of the underworld

Question 3

Ancient conceptions: Mesopotamians

Who believes in some sort of underworld?

Answer 3

Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Greeks
Romans

Question 4

Ancient conceptions: Mesopotamians

Marduk

Answer 4

God of Babylon

Question 5

Ancient conceptions: Mesopotamians

Badu

Answer 5

Gatekeeper of the underworld

Question 6

Ancient conceptions: Mesopotamians

How many gates in the underworld?

Answer 6

7

Question 7

Ancient conceptions: Mesopotamians

Ishtar

Answer 7

Goddess
Gates

Gates of Ishtar- queen who travels to the underworld and survives

Question 8

Ancient conceptions: Mesopotamians

Egypt’s

Answer 8

Beatle is a symbol of immortality

Bestie survives a miserable temporary environment

Interested in mummification
Preserving the body so that it would be prepared for some sort of after life

Question 9

Judaism

Where did Abraham come from?

Answer 9

UR
He will be impacted by Mesopotamian culture

Monotheist

Mesopotamian = polytheists

Question 10

Ancient Hebrew religion: Adam and Eve

Answer 10

Creation story 
Found in genesis 
Believed by most but not all 
First humans 
Believe god is male

Imago dei - made in gods image

Find themselves in the garden of eden

Find fruit god says not to eat it, serpent comes temps them they eat it but doesn’t die
-their innocence dies, lost immortality

From dust you were created and to dust you will return

Question 11

Jewish funeral

Answer 11

Want to be buried - comes out of Mesopotamian

Question 12

Judaism: Noah’s ark

Answer 12

Seat his introduced through sin

Animals are important

Noahide laws - not allowed to eat the meat of the animal while it is still alive

Ethical- legal dimension

Question 13

Judaism: Abraham

Answer 13

Patriarch - male ruler
God tests his faith by asking him to kill his son

Is willing and god says stop

Circumcision - son that is used as a covenant between god and Abraham (blood)

Kills a ram instead of child

Issac has a son named Jacob - then name changed to Israel

Jacob has multiple sons known as the tribes, favourite son by the name of Joseph

His brothers don’t like Jospeh and the brothers plot to kill him , sell gun

Joseph does to Egypt becomes second in command
7 fat cows 7 lean cows stands for wealth and 7 years of famine

Look to Egypt to get grain but Joseph is the one who awaits them - forgives them

Move to Egypt - brothers are put into slavery

God wants a deliverer to get these people out of slavery

Question 14

Judaism: Israelite : introduces Moses

Answer 14

When Jacob died Joseph was told to bring his body back to Israel
Mummified him

Pharaoh thinks population is growing too fast and he orders death, kill first born sons

Mother of Moses, saves his life
Moses sees an Egyptian hurt an Israelite and ends up killing him , runs away

Sees a burning bush = god
Who are you? What are you? = eternal being

Moses says let them go but the pharaoh says no
God sends a plague
Angel of death will come and kill the first born of Egyptians = Passover

God splits the Red Sea and then kills the Egyptians

God gives the Torah on top of mount Sinai

Question 15

Judaism: second temple

Answer 15

Built to animals
Solomon built this

Music and sacrifice

Messiah= anointed one
Israelites become off track of monotheism and start to become poly theists
Prophets warn the kings to stop worshipping idols

Temple is destroyed

King Cyrus of Persia said if you want to go back build it again and instead of sacrifice use prayer

Romans ruined Rempel and it was never rebuilt

Question 16

Judaism writings

Answer 16

Torah (law) also known as tanak

Prophets: texts written by prophets warning kings

Wisdom literature: wise sayings, advice texts

Question 17

Rabbinic Judaism

Answer 17

Institutional leader

Talmud - 32-33 volumes

Hebrew bible doesn’t answer questions about the after life

Two texts: bible and Talmud

Talmud is the interpretation of the bible

Question 18

Judaism: creation: life and death

Answer 18

Sin will bring death

Adam brings death in the world, Jesus will bring forgiveness in the world through Adams death

Question 19

Judaism: how many question when you meet god

Answer 19

6

Question 20

Judaism: 7 names for Gehenna

Can represent the underworld

Answer 20

Netherland
Destruction 
Pit 
Tumultuous pit
Miry clay 
Shadow of death

Question 21

Judaism: who is Moses Maimonides

Answer 21

13 principles

Talmudic scholar of the medieval period, and write commentaries for Jews

“From Moses to Moses there was no one like Moses”

Judaism is not credal

Lots of metaphysics of the divine

Question 22

Judaism groups

Answer 22

Reform: adapt Jewish practice and beliefs within culture
Liberal
Adapting to culture

Orthodox: focus on authority of tradition
Reaction to the reform movement in Judaism

Conservative: like reform
Universal and tradition, with cultural interpretation

Reconstructionist: Judaism as evolutionary
Super liberal 1% of Jews
Almost saying break the whole thing to reconstruct
Lots of flexibility

Question 23

Battle of Budra wells

Answer 23

Coming from north from Syria
Protect the caravan

Muhammad would never attack a civilian caravan
Pay his soldiers (spoils of war)

Question 24

Sacralization of war

Answer 24

Kill Meccans who stole from them (revenge)

Gain wealth

License to kill simply because they are polytheists

Only kill during the battle of budrawells

Question 25

Can Muhammad communicate with the dead?

Answer 25

Can hear but can’t speak