lesson 2: the people of the book

Question 1

Christianity

Answer 1

the bible

Question 2

islam

Answer 2

the Qur’an

Question 3

judaism

Answer 3

the torah

Question 4

abrahamic/monotheistic traditions

Answer 4

• All believe in one God
• People are expected to follow God’s laws
• All have a common tradition in Abraham and Moses
• Gods speaks through prophets
• Common stories we see in the Old Testament
• Jerusalem is a scared place

Question 5

Judaism

Answer 5

• Jews believe that there is only one God. They believe they have a special agreement with God called a covenant. Jews promise to obey God’s laws to say thank you to him for looking after them.
• The holiest book in Judaism is the Torah. The Torah has 613 commandments (laws given to them by Yahweh) which are called mitzvah. They are the rules that Jews try to follow. The most important ones are the Ten Commandments given to Moses.
• Yahweh and the Chosen People (the Jews) have a covenantal agreement
• Yahweh must protect the Chose People and provide them land
• The Chosen people must worship Yahweh and live by Yahweh’s laws.

Question 6

christianity

Answer 6

• Christians believe there is only one God, but that he is revealed in three different forms:
• God the Father (the creator, does all, also the destroyer)
• God the Son (Jesus Christ, the physical embodiment of God)
• The Holy Spirit (acts in the world around us today affects change, helps people)
• When Christians do the sign of the cross, they are indicating the most important components of Christ
• These three are called the Holy Trinity, and are like water, ice, and steam as they are three of the same thing in different forms.
• Christians model themselves on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus taught people to love God and love their neighbour.
• Christians believe that God sent Jesus to live as a human being in order to save humanity from the consequences of its sins - the bad things humanity had chosen to do which had separated them from God.
• Christians believe that through the death and resurrection of Jesus this broken relationship with God is restored.