Unit 7:Judasim questions

Question 1

Importance

Covenants

Answer 1

• Shows special relationship between God and Jews
• Still binding today
• Made Jews chosen people
• Relates them to God

Question 2

Scripture about

Covenants

Answer 2

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”

Question 3

What did Abraham become after beliving in one God

Answer 3

A Monothesist

Question 4

When Abraham believed in one god, what did he reject?

Answer 4

Worship of idols

Question 5

Where was Abraham’s home?

Answer 5

Ur

Question 6

Where is Canaan today?

Answer 6

Modern-day Israel

Question 7

What was Canaan known as?

Answer 7

The promised land

Question 8

What did God make with Abraham

Answer 8

A covenant

Question 9

What did Abraham’s covenant say about Abraham’s fatherhood.

Answer 9

That he would be father of all nations.

Question 10

What did Abraham do when he agreed to his convenant.

Answer 10

He circumsised himself and all the males in his household.

Question 11

What was the name of Abraham’s and Sarah’s son?

Answer 11

Issac

Question 12

As a result of following his covenant, what did Abraham gain?

Answer 12

Many descendants

Question 13

Importance

Abrahamic covenants

Answer 13

• 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

Question 14

Scripture on

Abrahamic covenant

Answer 14

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.”

Question 15

Influence on Jews today

Abraham’s covenant

Answer 15

• 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

Question 16

What was the mark of the Abrahamic covenant

Answer 16

Circumsions of newborn males at 8 days old during Brit Mlah

Question 17

Importance

Circumsion

Answer 17

• States the covenant to be enternally binding

Question 18

List

Escape from Egypt

Answer 18

1. The Jews were slaves in Egypt
2. Moses was rescued from the river Nile and brought up in the Egyptian palace
3. God met Moses through the burning bush
4. God told Moses to ask the Pharaoh to release the Jewish slaves
5. The Pharaoh said no
6. God sent a number of plagues to to Egypt
7. The last plague was the death of the firstborn child in every Egyptian family
8. God parted the Red sea to help the Jew escape
9. The Jews travelled to Mt Sinai where Moses received the 10 commandment.

Question 19

List

Man to God

Commandents

Answer 19

1. You shall not worship other gods
2. You shall not make yourself an idol
3. You shall not use the name our Lord your God in vain
4. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy

Question 20

List

Man to man

Commandments

Answer 20

5. Hounor your mother and father
6. You shall not kill
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear fasle witness
10. You shall not covet

Question 21

Significance

Ten commandnets

Answer 21

• Protects you from harm
• Forms the basis of the relationship between God and the Jews

Question 22

Importance

Sinai covenant

Answer 22

• Basis of God’s chosen people
• Forms basis of relationship with God
• Protects Jews from harm

Question 23

Influence today

Sinai covenant

Answer 23

• Make Jews beleive to be chosen ones
• Makes them beleive Torah is literal word of God

Question 24

Events

Sinai covenant

Answer 24

When the Jews reached Mt Sinai, Moses went up the mountain to recieve the covenant.

Question 25

# Terms Sinai covenant

Answer 25

# 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

Question 26

# Scripture on Sinai covenant

Answer 26

*"Now therefore,if you obey my voice and keep my commandents,you shall be my most treausured possession"* | Exodus

Question 27

# Jewish beleifs Nature of God as one

Answer 27

* God alone has power over all things * God is the only one worthy of worship * God is a single indivisible

Question 28

# Jewish beliefs Shema

Answer 28

* 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

Question 29

# Slimilar beliefs Judasim and Chirstianity | on God as one

Answer 29

* God is the only being who should be worshipped * God alone is ommipotent * God alone is the creator

Question 30

# Jewish beliefs God as shekinah

Answer 30

* 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

Question 31

# Scripture God as shekinah

Answer 31

* *"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)

Question 32

# Jewish beliefs God as creator

Answer 32

* God alone is the creator of everything * God created everything ex-nilhio * God created due to being ommipotent

Question 33

# Different beliefs Orthodox and Reform Jews | On God as creator

Answer 33

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

Question 34

# Slimilar beleifs Chirstianity and Judasim | On God as creator

Answer 34

* God created everything ex nilhio * Gd created everything alone

Question 35

#Define "Hear,O Israel!The Lord is our God,the Lord is one!You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with your soul and with your might"

Answer 35

This quotation is the opening of the Shema. It emphasise that God is one,and that humans should show loyalty to him in every part of their lives.

Question 36

#Opposing or slimilar belief in Christianity Jews believe that there is only one God,who is a single being that cannot be divided.

Answer 36

Opposing:Christians believe in the Trinity where they're 3 entities who are all God

Question 37

#Opposing or slimilar belief in Christianity Jews believe that they should only worship one God, by showing complete love and loyalty towards him.

Answer 37

Similar belief,however Christians also believe in the commandment , "Love one another as you would want to be"

Question 38

#Opposing or slimilar belief in Christianity Jews believe that God created the universe from nothing.

Answer 38

Similar belief

Question 39

#Opposing or similar belief in Christianity Most orthodox Jews believe that the creation accounts literally happened.

Answer 39

Opposing:Only a small minority of Christians see it as literal