Origins of Judaism

Question 1

the patriarchs

Answer 1

• Abraham
• Issac
• Jacob

Question 2

the covenant

Answer 2

the promise to Abraham and Sarah that they would be the ancestors of descendants that would number as many as the stars in the sky

Question 3

who is Ishmael

Answer 3

Ishmael is Abraham’s son with his servant girl Hagar, a result of Abraham not believing gods promise of a son, he then sends them both out into the desert to die

Question 4

symbol of the covenant

Answer 4

circumcisions

Question 5

sacrifice of Issac

Answer 5

God calls Abraham to take his son and sacrifice him, Abraham is obedient and takes issac there, Abraham continues with the sacrifice until the last moment an angel of God intervened and instructed Abraham not to kill Issac. in response, the angel declares his descendants will be as numerous as the stars and the sands of the seashore

Question 6

Abraham death

Answer 6

120 years old

Question 7

jacobs sons

Answer 7

12 sons became 12 tribes of Israel

Question 8

why is covenant important

Answer 8

covenant is central to understanding the relationship between God and the people of Israel

Question 9

expressions of the covenant

Answer 9

Noah
Abraham
David
Moses

Question 10

Noah covenant

Answer 10

noah - god proposes stewardship of cretion and respect for human beings in return that the earth will not have a flood again

sign - rainbow

Question 11

Abraham covenant

Answer 11

Abraham - descendants, if he moves to his own territory and moves to the land shown to him by god
DESCENDANTS AND LAND

sign - circumcision

Question 12

Egypt

Answer 12

• Israelites with held captive as slaves in Egypt
• oppression of the Hebrews reached a highpoint where the pharaoh was executing male children
• Moses mother puts him on the river he ends up being adopted by the pharaohs daughter