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PRE ~ Sikhism & Judaism Flashcards

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What is a ritual

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A ceremony or actions that are performed for religious purposes

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What does supernatural mean?

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Things we may not see in our ‘natural’ world but that people believe in

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What is Ninian Smart’s first dimension of religion?

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Ritual ~ a repeated action a believer might do engage with their religion

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What is Ninian Smart’s second dimension of religion?

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Material ~ places people might gather together and things people may wear or use

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What is Ninian Smart’s third dimension of religion?

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Social ~ people who have special roles in their religion

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What is Ninian Smart’s fourth dimension of religion?

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Experiential ~ experiences believers might have, and emotions, they might feel as a result

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What is Ninian Smart’s fifth dimension of religion?

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Mythological ~ stories from the history of their religion

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What is Ninian Smart’s sixth dimension of religion?

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Ethical ~ Rules & guidelines to help them live as their God or founder wants them to live

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What is Ninian Smart’s seventh dimension of religion?

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Doctrinal ~ Beliefs that believers must profess to be a member of that religion

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Monotheist

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Believer in one god

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Polytheist

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Believer in many gods

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Atheist

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Does not believe in god

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Context

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The circumstance of something

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Descendant

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Describes family going down

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Ancestor

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Describes family going up

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Faith

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To believe in something and to put your trust into it

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What was Abraham’s original name

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Abram

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18
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What was Sarah’s original name

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Sarai

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19
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Where did Abraham live

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Ur (Iraq)

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What did Abraham’s father sell

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Idols (statues of gods)

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What is a covenant

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An agreement

22
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Who was sarai

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Abraham’s wife

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Who did Abraham have his first son with and who was she

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Hagar the servant girl

24
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What was Hagar and Abraham’s child called

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Ishmael

25
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What was Abraham and sarai’s son called

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Isaac

26
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Was Abraham a polytheist

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No

27
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How did Abraham trick his father

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He smashed his father’s idols, all, except one and put the hammer In that one’s hand. Abraham went to his father, and said that that idol had smashed all the others. Abraham’s father said that was impossible as statues could not move, therefore proving that there was only one true God.

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Why was it important to have many children

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Your name would be passed down and recognised 

29
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What did nomadic men do to ensure they had many children 

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They had many wives

30
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What did God promise Abraham when he said to leave his land? 

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Many descendants and land 

31
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What religion did Ishmael form?

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Islam

32
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What do Muslims believe? 

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They are descended from Ishmael

33
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What were the names of Isaac‘s two sons? 

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Jacob and Esau

34
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How many sons did Jacob have? 

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12

35
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Who was Jacob’s most prominent son? 

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Judah

36
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Many generations after Judah, who was born 

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Jesus

37
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Which religion was Jesus? 

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Jewish 

38
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Which religion did Jesus form

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Christianity 

39
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What religion did Judah form?

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Judaism 

40
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What are the three Abrahamic religions? 

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Islam, Judaism and Christianity 

41
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Why are they called Abrahamic religions? 

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Founders of all of these religions descend from Abraham 

42
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What is the tenakh

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The Jewish holy scriptures

43
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How many sections is the tenakh divided into

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3

44
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What are the sections of the tenakh called

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Torah, nevi’im, ketuvim

45
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what is the difference between the writings in the Torah and the writings in the Talmud? 

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The writings in the Torah are believed to be the words of God however, the writings in the Talmud are how to keep the commandments in more detail 

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What does the nevi’im contain

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The writings of gods messengers and the history of the Jewish people

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What does the ketuvim contain

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Collection of other sacred writing that contains stories from Jewish history 

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What language is the tenakh written in? 

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Hebrew

49
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Which Testament of the Bible is the tenakh most similar to

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The Old Testament

50
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How are the the Torah scrolls written?

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They are all hand written in hebrew

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