Theology Test Three

Issac

Sarah

Israel

One of the son's of Jacob (Judda)

Northern Europe

Southern Europe

Middle East

Someone can be born Jewish because their mother was Jewish or they can convert to be a Jew.
One is no longer Jewish only when they convert to a different religion

they believed in monotheism, the belief in one, supreme, personal God who is the creator and sustainer of the universe.

I am who am (YaHWeH)

that God not only created history but that he enters human history and established agreements with humans.

is created by god, he acts in it and is the goal of history. History is linear, from beginning to end

Moses, 1250BCE, so that Isrealites could return to live in freedom in the land of their ancestorys.

Mt Sianai????

The Babylonians in 586BCE

The Romans in 70AD
The retaining wall

Torah (Teaching)
Nevi'im (Prophets)
Ketuvim (Writings)

TaNaK

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
GELND
number of commandments?????

Yahwist or J around 900 BCE
Elohist of E around 700 BCE
Deuteronomist or D around 600 BCE
Priestly or P around 500 BCE

spokespersons for God
Abraham, Moses, Jacob????

social justice

from the Hebrew mashiah meaning anointed one.

for a politial religous kind
for the person whom god will send to establish Gods kingdom of peace love and justice on earth

Jewish- one part event that has not taken place.
Christian- two part even that started with jesus and will end with the scond coming of christ

Orthodox- Messiah will be a person sent from God
Conservative and Reform- there won't be a person, but a messianic age of peace and love

have split hooves, shew their cud, and are domesticated

have both fins and scales

Meat and dairy
"You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk"

is the written version of the Oral Law. is imcludes commentary on the commandments of the Torah as well as other stories. it is concerned with Jewish Laws

Two parts are the
Mishnah (200CE)
Gemara (200-600CE)

Orthodox- laws must be followed in any age
Conservative- laws can be modernized
Reform- laws must be taken seriously but not all must be followed

working, driving or using elecrticity on the Sabbath
or the Kashrut (dietary laws)
or about women/homosexuality

Zionism
1948
1) Land of Bible
2) Security reasons
3) only country where majority of population is Jewish

Gods day of rest on the 7th day of creation

rejoicing on the law. end of the bible flipped to beginning

beginning of the jewish year

religious freedom sacred light in the temple

last day of the ten days of repentance (day of atonement)

passover marks exodus

holocaust remembreence day

the deast of the tabernacles (booths) settling in tents

end of seven weeks (feast of weeks) also for Moses getting the torah

Hear, o israel, the lord is our god and the lord is one

small leather cubical boxes with small scrolls

small container holding a small scroll. attached to doorframs

prayer shawl

religious teachers

jewish dietary laws

laws written in the Hebrew scriptures and in the Oral Law from the Talmus and other commentaries

a sect of orthodox judaism that focuses on joy, singing, dancing and enthusiastic praying and following the teachings of a rebbe or master

covenant of circumcision on the 8th day after a boy is born

son or saughter of the commandment a ceremony to mark when they assume adult responsibility in religion

the canopy under which a jewish wedding ceremony takes place

seven, the family sits for seven days after the death of a family member

small hat that is worm by some jews as a reminders of god presence above them

seven branched candlestick that was in the ancient temple in jerusalem

six pointed star of David

1. council of jerusalem around 50AD
Must a gentile become a jew in order to become a christian? NO

2. The writing of the gospels in the christian scipture around 70-100AD
Does judaism remain a path of salvation after the death of jesus? NO

3. Shristianity becomes the official religion of the roman emoure in the 4th century.
May a christian observe any jewish practices? NO

blaming jews who were not followers of jesus for his death

that Christianity has superseded or replaced Judaism

jews:
are a blind people
cannot be saved
demonic people
without rights
wandering people
suited only for slaughter

1. prohibition of intermarriage and of sexual intercourse between christians and jews
2. Jews not allowed to hold public office
3. burning of the talmud
4. compulsory ghettos

1. ritual murder- that jews would kill a christian child every spring
2. host desecration- the jews would steal communion wafersand stab them in order to crucify christ again
3. well poisoning- that jews poisoned the water and this caused the black death

1. their houses be destroyed
2. prayer books be taken
3. they be forced to do hard labor

1. Hatred of the Versailles Treaty that blammed Germany for starting WWI
2. Hatred of International Communism
3. Hatred of Jews "Germany's misfortune"

Auschwitz, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor, Treblinka
Poland
there was a large population of Jews in poland

almost 6 million
67% in europe
40% in the world

1. Centuries of Christian anti-Judaism theology
2. Mistakenly defining jews as a racial group and making them the enemy of the world
3. a terrorist political party like the NAZI

Pope Pius XII
catholics tried not to be political, but should the pope have speken up? tried to stop the holocaust? or would the Nazis have invaded the Vatican?

Jews remain dear to God
Jews should not be called Christ Killers
Should not be persecuted

a. the many centuries of Christian antiJudaism
b. the sins of many christians during the holocaust
c. those christians who rescued jews

- Never again
- prejudice can lead to genocide
- an international genocide Bureau and early warning systems need to be created in order to identify potential genocidal situations

the kingdom of God is at hand
announce the coming of the reign of God on earth as it is in heaven. A time of peace love and justice for all.

1. you shall love the lord your god with all of your heart soul and strength (Deuteronomy)
2. you shall love you neighbor as yourself (Leviticus)

poor in spirit, meek, hunger or thirst for righteousness, merciful, clean of heart, peacemakers, morn, persecuted for righteousness,

aramaic
koine (common) greek
Mathew 80 AD
mark 70 AD
luke 80 AD
john 90 AD

why the gospels have many stories in common.
the authors of Mathew and Luke added stories from a source Q which are not found in mark

Luke and Mathew
Bethlehem
because Micah predicted it
mathew was written mainly for jewish christians
luke was written mainly for gentile christians
Different geneology

not a priest, not a monk, not a general, emphasized how to live a holy life

fight evil vs turn the other cheek
friends loved and enemies hated vs love your enemies
admire the rich vs blesses are the humble and poor
discriminate between the good and evil vs everyone is a child of God

many accept that jesus was a famous rabbi or prophet or divine incarnation or buggha and enlightened teacher.
christians however believe that he was a rabbi a prophet and a messiah

empty tomb stoies
stories of appearances of the risen christ

the resuscitation of a dead body back to ordinary life

jesus christ, son of god, savior

nicine, 325AD, arianism because it denied that jesus was divine

God becoming human form in jesus

313AD
st. augustine had a just war teaching which allowed christians to fight in wards under strict conditions

1054AD
filioque- and from the son
1. the nature of authority of the bishop of rome
2. culture and language
3. priestly celibacy vs married clergy

1. baptism
2. eucharist
3. confirmation
4. reconciliation
5. anointing the sick
6. holy matrimony
7. holy orders

the bishop of Rome
because????

because god's grace is free

that you are saved through jesus, not through good works

protestant 66
catholic 73

because these were writen in greek or aramaic during the greek period of ancient history

tobit, judith, first maccabees, second maccabees

?????? literal and meaphorical

charles russell

mary baker eddy

joseph smith

john wesley

george fox

thomas cranmer

john calvin
john knox

martin luther