Unit 7:Judasim questions Flashcards
Look over PESACH notes from the lesson- You will have 5 knowledge questions at the beginning of the lesson on Monday. (23 cards)
Importance
Covenants
- Shows special relationship between God and Jews
- Still binding today
- Made Jews chosen people
- Relates them to God
Scripture about
Covenants
Deutermony 19:2:
“For you are a people,holy to the Lord your god.Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth,the lord choses you”
Importance
Abrahamic covenants
- Gave the Jews the promised land
- Repersents a foundational agreement of Judasim
- Acts as a theological narrative to Judasim
- Shows God’s love for the jews
- Still recognised today through circumsion
Scripture on
Abrahamic covenant
Genesis 15:5;He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Influence on Jews today
Abraham’s covenant
- Covenantal Promises: The covenant is seen as a unilateral promise from God, asserting that the Jewish people are His chosen people, which reinforces a sense of collective identity and purpose among Jews today. This is deeply ingrained in Jewish consciousness and community life
- Brit Milah (Circumcision): As a direct command from God to Abraham, the practice of circumcision serves as a physical reminder of the covenant. It is performed on Jewish boys on the eighth day after birth, symbolizing their entry into the covenant community . This ritual highlights the ongoing obligation that Jews feel towards maintaining their unique covenantal relationship with God.
- The Promised Land: The covenant also includes the promise of land, specifically the land of Israel, which remains central to Jewish identity and religious practice. The connection to Israel is seen not just as a geographical bond, but as a spiritual and historical one that underscores Jewish hopes for a return and restoration, even among those in the diaspora
What was the mark of the Abrahamic covenant
Circumsions of newborn males at 8 days old during Brit Mlah
Importance
Circumsion
- States the covenant to be enternally binding
List
Man to God
Commandents
- You shall not worship other gods
- You shall not make yourself an idol
- You shall not use the name our Lord your God in vain
- Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy
List
Man to man
Commandments
- Hounor your mother and father
- You shall not kill
- You shall not commit adultery
- You shall not steal
- You shall not bear fasle witness
- You shall not covet
Significance
Ten commandnets
- Protects you from harm
- Forms the basis of the relationship between God and the Jews
Importance
Sinai covenant
- Basis of God’s chosen people
- Forms basis of relationship with God
- Protects Jews from harm
Influence today
Sinai covenant
- Make Jews beleive to be chosen ones
- Makes them beleive Torah is literal word of God
Events
Sinai covenant
When the Jews reached Mt Sinai, Moses went up the mountain to recieve the covenant.
Terms
Sinai covenant
God recieved:
The Jews recieved:
- The Torah(orally in the Talmud and written)
- The 10 commandents
God Recieved:
- Full obedience to his laws and his voice
Scripture on
Sinai covenant
“Now therefore,if you obey my voice and keep my commandents,you shall be my most treausured possession”
Exodus
Jewish beleifs
Nature of God as one
- God alone has power over all things
- God is the only one worthy of worship
- God is a single indivisible
Jewish beliefs
Shema
- Reaffrims belief in one God
- States God is the only one worhty of worship and loyalty
- States you shuld dedicate your life to god alone
Slimilar beliefs
Judasim and Chirstianity
on God as one
- God is the only being who should be worshipped
- God alone is ommipotent
- God alone is the creator
Jewish beliefs
God as shekinah
- Is used to refer to the female aspects of God
- Jewish word for any presence of God
- Shekinah literally means “Divine presence”
- Used in Talmud to refer to God’s manifested glory on Earth
- Term used to avoid antimorphism
Scripture
God as shekinah
- “I saw the Lord sittting on the throne,high and lofty”(Isaih)
- “Then the clouds covered the tent of meeting and the glory of the lord filled the tabernacle”(Exodus)
Jewish beliefs
God as creator
- God alone is the creator of everything
- God created everything ex-nilhio
- God created due to being ommipotent
Different beliefs
Orthodox and Reform Jews
On God as creator
Orthodox:
* Reject scientific discoveries of Earth’s formtion+evolution
* See the story in Genesis as literal
Reform:
* Will accept some scientific theories on Earth’s origins+evolution
* Assume that Genesis is a methapor for the actual creation Earth
Slimilar beleifs
Chirstianity and Judasim
On God as creator
- God created everything ex nilhio
- Gd created everything alone
