judaism

• What is monotheism?


  the belief of only one God
• what is the shema?

  One of the important prayers recited twice a day and reinforces the oneness of God
• What is the name of god in judaism?

  Yahweh
• Outline three features of the Abrahamic Covenant?

  • Heritage to the promise land
  • Israel as the great nation
  • Circumcision
• Explain one way the abrahamic covenant Is revenant to the jews today?

  One way is through circumcision.

  male jews still cut of the foreskin on their penis.
• Why is the jewish scriptures called the Hebrew bible?

  Because the the tanakh was written in Hebrew
• what does the acronym tanakh stand for?

  • Torah
  • nevi im
  • ketuvim
• Outline three books of the Torah?

  • Genesis
  • Exodus
  • Leviticus
• What is the decalogue?

  It is the Ten Commandments of the Torah that were revealed to Moses on mount sinai
• Outline one reason why the torah is important today?

  By obey as it is good works leading the gan eden
• what is gan eden?

  the jewish version of heaven
• What is the sabbath?

  the 7th day when yahweh rested
• Should jews break the mitzvoth to save a human life?

  Yes, as this is part of the pikuach nefesh
• What is the mitzvot?

  
  

  The 613 laws of the Torah revealed to Moses
• What is pikuach nefesh?

  saving a life which overrides religion
• where do jews worship?

  in a synagogue
• Before the synagogue, where did jews worship?


  in king Solomons temple
• what is the talmud?

  it contains and explains jewish laws
• why is the talmud in important?

  it helps jews who are unsure to properly understand the tanakh.
• what is the Mishnah?

  Expands rules of the torah and describes categories of work that break the sabbath
• What is the Gemara?

  it discusses how to apply the Mishnah
• What are the characteristics of yahweh?

  • one
  • only creator
  • law giver
  • almighty
• In the tanakh how does it show that yahweh is one?

  "o ye Israel, the lord our God is one"
• How does it show that yahweh is the law giver?

  Yahweh created the decalogue and the mitzvoth for jews to follow. Hr revealed this to Moses on mount sinai?
• what is the scripture that backs up Yahweh as the law giver?

  "The lord our judge, the lord is our law giver"
• What is the shekhinah?

  Feeling the divine presence of God on Earth.
• What is the Messiah?

  The anointed one who will bring all the exile jews back to the promise land
• What is the Olam ba-ha?

  The world to come (e.g life after death)
• What is the tanakh?

  The tanakh is jewish book divided into three divisions: ketuvim,nevim and the Torah
• What is the ketuvim?

  The ketuvim is writings
• What is the nevim?

  The nevim is prophet.
• What is the gehinnom?

  The gehinnom is a place for the unrighteous after death.
• What is the jewish denominations?

  A branch of the jewish religion who have different beliefs.
• What are some examples of jewish denominations?

  orthodox, conservative and reform
• What does the Talmud Sanhedrin 39a say?

  When ten are gathered together, the shekhinah rests.
• What does Exodus 20 say?

  Do not worship any other god except from yahweh
• What does Ecclesiastes 12:7 say?

  The spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Name three attributes of yahweh/God.

  .Oneness

  .law giver

  .creator

  .judge
• What type of religion is judaism?

  Judaism is an Abrahamic religion traced by yahweh and Abraham
• What language did the descendants of Israel speak?

  Hebrew