covenant

• Covenant


  A promise or an agreement between two parties
• Covenants


  • Covenant with Noah
  • Covenant with Abraham
  • Covenant with Moses
• Covenant with Abraham


  • God promises Abraham a new land
  • God promises Abraham many descendants
  • God promises Abraham a son (Isaac)
  • God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son
• Covenant with Moses


  • God speaks to Moses through a burning bush
  • Moses frees the Jews from slavery in Egypt
  • Moses parts the Red Sea
  • Moses receives the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai
• Monotheism


  Belief in one God
• Abraham is seen as the father of monotheism
• Covenant with Abraham


  • God promises Abraham the Promised Land
  • God establishes the rite of circumcision
• Covenant with Moses


  • God reveals the Torah to Moses
  • Moses passes the Torah onto the Jewish people
  • Moses is seen as the father of all prophets
• The Ten Commandments teach Jews how to worship God and how to treat others
• Moses leads the Jews out of slavery in Egypt


  God delivers the Jews to the Promised Land
• The Passover festival remembers the Jews' escape from Egypt
• The Shema prayer reflects the Ten Commandments
• Jews keep the Sabbath holy every week to remember the Ten Commandments
• Jewish marriage and relationships reflect the Ten Commandments, e.g. not committing adultery
• The Ten Commandments uphold the sanctity of life
• The covenant with Abraham established monotheism and Jewish identity


  The covenant with Moses provided the laws and teachings for Jews to follow