SEARCH FOR MEANING P3.1 QUOTES Flashcards
Monotheism
“Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one” Shema
Creator of the world in its entirely
“In the beginning He created heaven and earth” Genesis 1:1
Transcendent
“Master of the universe” Adon Olam
Immananent
“God is with me” Adon Olam
Lawgiver
“The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver” Isaiah 33:22
Just and merciful
“compassionate and gracious slow to anger” Exodus 34:6
Imitate God
“To walk in his ways” deuteronomy 10:12
“Refine the Image of God within us” Theologian David Ariel
Ethical Monotheism
“I made for you a peoples covenant” Isaiah 42:6
Co creator
“Gods partner in the work of creation” Rashi
Dominion: “Fill the earth and master it” Genesis 1:28
Utilise: “Garden of Eden to till it and tend to it” Genesis 2:15
Procreate: “Be fruitful and multiply” Genesis 1:28
Value
“If you destroy one life its as if you destroy an entire world” Talmud
Free will
“Everything is foreseen yet free will is given” Piriser Auut 3:16
Status / responisbilty
“for my sake the world was created” Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5
Potential ability
“Entrusted in the hand of man” Rashi
Physical / spiritual
Physical: “Formed man from the dust” Genesis 2:7
Spiritual: “Blew into his nostrils the breath of life” Genesis 2:7
Companion
“It is not good for man to be alone” Genesis 2:18
Divine retribution
“There is no suffering without iniquity” Talmud Shabbat 55A
Test of faith
“I know that year fear God, since you have not withheld your son from me” Genesis 22:12
Inscrutable divine mystery
“it is not in our power to understand why the righteous suffer” Pirikur Avot 4:15
Hester Panim
“A world without suffering is a world without free will” RJK
“Why do you hide your face” Psalm 44:25
Inevitable
“For dust you are and dust you shall return” Genesis 3:19
Tziduk Hadin
“The lord has given, the Lord has taken” Job 1:21
Respect
no
“Jews respect the image of God in the human even when the soul has departed from it” Rabbi Jack Riemer
There is an afterlife
no
“All Israelites have a place in the world to come” Mishnah Sanhedrin 10:1
Soul is immortal
“Formed man from dust” “Blew into his nostrils the breath Genesis 2:7
Resurrection
no
“There will be resurrection of the dead” 13 principles of faith