Module 4/5: Additional Flashcards
Class Notes
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10 Plagues
- Nile to Blood (attacked Khnum, guardian of the Nile, Hapi, spirit of the nile, and Osiris)
- Frogs (attacked Heqt, the goddess of resurrection)
- Lice
- Flies
- Pestilence (Disease)
- Boil
- Hail
- Locusts
- Darkness
- Death of 1st born Egyptian son
Atheism
the belief in NO GOD
Adonai
The Lord
God tells Moses….
Go to the Egyptians and tell them Yahweh is: “I am who I am.” Tell them “I am sent you.”
Agnosticism
not sure/can’t know/don’t know if God exists
The Ten Commandments
1-4: Vertical Relationship, Humanity’s Relationship to God
5-10: Horizontal Relationship, man’s reponsibility to family and community
Abraham
- virtued a symbol of faith in Christianity
- Islam views him as the founder of Judaism
- many descedents of Abraham were patriarchs, or male leaders.
Moses
“lawgiver”
- first 5 books of the Bible are dedicated to Moses.
- Book of Moses: Torah
- Prophets: Samuel, Isaiah, Micah
Kings: Saul, David, Solomon
The Call of Abraham
followed the path of the Ferticle Crescent
What holiday celebrates The Exodus?
Passover
Name Major Events from 1000BC to 4BC.
- David rules from Jerusalem (1000 BC)
- Solomon rulers Israel and build the temple (900-925)
- Assyrian Empire destroys Israel (800-701)
- Jerusalem is destroyed (586-581) Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem; destroys the temple; Babylonian captivity, and the Diaspora begins.
- Jews return and rebuild the temple (500-401 BCE)
- Jews enjoyed little political independence as a series of empires dominated the Middle East (400-4BC)
Who dominated palestine?
Persians, Greeks, and Romans
Intertestamental Period
- Greek translation of the Jewish Bible to Septuagint (280 BC)
- Maccabean Revolt against Anticocus IV (celebrated by Hannukah)
Before The Great Divide:
- Temple was the center
- powered by priests
- Torah only
- monarchy was hopeful
- Biblical Judaism
- Sacrifices = Day of Atonement
After the Great Divide:
- Synagogues
- The Rabbis
- The Diaspora (scattering)
- Torah AND Talmud
- Rabbinical Judaism
- Fasting = Yom Kippur
5 Books of the Torah
- Genesis - Origins
- Exodus - departure
- Leviticus - Religions
- Numbers - wanderings
- Deuteronomy - second law
ESSENTIALS OF CHRISTIANITY
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- Jesus was the Messiah
- Hebrew; Messiah = Anointed One
- Messiah was a prophet-priest-king to the Hebrews
- Greek; Anointed One = Christ
- Jesus Christ = Jesus is the Messiah