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Judaism
Question | Answer |
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three doctrines of judaism | monotheism, linear time (not cyclical), covenant (israel) |
cosmic origins of judaism involves the...which starts with saying that... | myth of creation...originally all is good until sin occurs |
the problem with judaism is | sin |
sin causes | disruption of the ideal order |
cosmic origins of judaism also involves...such as with.. | catastrophes...cain, noah, babel |
cain and abel story | cain kills abel bec he's jealous that God like able's sacrifice but cain recieves a mark of protection from God afterwards |
noah portrays God's | plan of redemption/restoration via the flood |
babel was a very...that built... | arrogant people...a tower to get to Heaven and thus be like God |
Babel symbolizes how | in our sin, we can't work together |
patriarchs of judaism include | abram/abraham, isaac and israel |
abrahama is the founder of...and is from..but he... | jewish covenant...ur...migrates west bec of divine covenant |
abraham is termed..which means... | hebrew...crosser overer/wanderer |
hebrews had...which included... | nomadic traits...altars |
elohim is a | divine, plural name for God |
the divine covenant involved what three things | land(migrate west of Ur), progeny(lots of descendents) and blessings (abraham and all people thru him will be blessed) |
exodus means | a way out |
moses was from a family of...in the... | priests...1200s which was atime of experimental monotheism |
pharoah issues the death of...so moses is put in... | first born males (hebrews)...a basket and floated down river to pharoah's daughter who takes him in and raises him |
as an adult, moses...where he experiences... | kills someone and flees...theophany |
theophany is when moses experienced | the buring bush that wasn't really burning |
theophany: God revealed himself as | YHWH (I am that I am) |
after theophany, moses...and... | moses returns to egypt to free the hebrews...pharoah won't allow it so 10 plagues occur |
the 10th plague is associated with | passover |
the exodus involved crossing the | red sea |
during the exodus, moses received the...which were place dinside... | 10 commandments...ark of the covenant |
the ark of the covenant contains...and is also a... | the documents...throne for the Holy Spirit |
the social dimension of Judaism includes the | confederation of the 12 tribes (canaan - promised land) |
confederation means an | independent agglomeration of tribes (decentralized) |
in the Bible, who describes conquest into canaan | joshua |
which book describes a long inflitration into canaan | judges |
social categories of judaism | judges, priests, prophets |
judges come to power in | times of emergency |
priests only come from | one tribe, but do sacrifices for all |
prophets held people | morally responsible |
the confederation of 12 tribes comes a...known as... | monarchy (1020-1000bc)...Israel |
the first monarchy was led by | Saul |
the development of monarchy meant there were...and the prophets start in a... | kings instead of... judges...great deal of tension |
who reigned after saul...and what did he establish... | david 1000-970...jerusalem but he does not build a temple |
who reigned after david? and wht does he do | solomon (970-930bc)...builds a Temple for the priests only |
under solomon the | nations split into northern and southern kingdoms |
the northern kingdom is...and is made up of... | israel...10 tribes without the Temple |
the southern kingdom is...and includes... | Judah...2 tribes with the Temple because jerusalem is there |
in 721 bc what happened | assyrian conquered israel |
in 586 bc what happened | babylonians conquered judah and destroyed the Temple |
after the babylonians defeat judah, the people there get | deported to babylon |
diaspora means...and led to the term..which means.. | scattering...jews...deported people of judah |
during the diaspora, ...developed from... | hellenism...alexander the great teaching greek culture everywhere he went |
hellenism saw the development of...which is a... | synogogue...greek word |
synagogue means...but what can't occur here | assembly...sacrifice |
worship in synogogues depends on...and you must have... | written scripture...10 men and a torah (written law) |
rabbi means...and they took over the... | my master/teacher...ethical duty of prophets |
septuagint involved the...and the myth is that... | jewish bible...in 250 bc in alexandria egypt, 70 rabbis met to translate the hebrew scriptures into greek and they all seperated, wrote and came backto find they all had identical translations |
during the diaspora, the jews revolted in...twice... | judea...66-70 ce and 132-135 ce |
the jewish revolts were called..meaning that there will be a | messianic....a King who will reestablish the kingdom |
the revolt of 66-70 ce was the..agains thte... | jews...Romans |
the revolt of 132-135 was when | jews were crushed by rome |
the revolt of 66-70 developed the...which is a... | tanakh...collection of scripture that is cannonized |
T in tanakh stands for | torah=law |
N in tanakh stands for | neviim(prophets) |
kh in tanakh stands for | khethuvim (writings/poems - psalms) |
the revolt of 132-135 resulted in jews not being allowed to | live in jerusalem any more |
the mishnah was written in...and is a text meaning... | 100s ce in galilee...repitition used for understanding jewish scripture |
the mishnah was composed by...and used for... | rabbis...synogogue communities |
talmud was written in...which is not part of... | 500 ce in babylon...rome but rahter persia |
talmud is the | mishnah plus gemora |
at the time of the talmud, babylon was the | cultural center for jews |
the talmud is like an... | onion with layers of commentary on the torah |
talmud represented the community in a | constant conversation |
the talmud and mishnah are not | scriptures |
in 600 ce there was the rise of... | islam in arabian peninsula |
in 636 ce in...the...defeated... | palestine..muslim epmire...the roman territory (palestine) |
in 651 ce the persian empire | is defeated by the muslim epmire |
the muslims were relatively | tolerant to jewish communities |
the abbasid dynasty in...in the 700s-mid800s was the... | baghdad (right next to jerusalem)...golden age of scholarship according to jews |
the jews then migrated to...to... | spain..avoid tax |
spain was...but it became the... | muslim...new world center for jewish culture |
spain involved...who was the.. | maimonides...representative of spanish judaism |
maimonides meant | guide to the perplexed |
maimonides was the | physician to the muslim sultan |
the crusades happened from...and it was when... | 1095-1096 (start)..the western christians felt they should help rome to restrict muslims |
during the crusades, | small jewish communities were looted and destroyed |
relating the crusades to spain (there was no christian spain) involves the...which was when... | iberian reconquista...muslim kingdom of spain gets defeated |
as a result of the iberian reconquista, there is the | unification of spanish principalities under regime |
iberian reconquista gives jews two options | get expelled from spain or convert to christianity |
inquisition involved the | religoius courts with juristiction over christians only |
during the inquisition people could be | tried with no defense |
the inquisition gave rise to the | kabbalah |
kabbalah menas | tradition |
kabbalah is a...which would be... | mystical text..the opp of talmud |
kabbalah had features of...and involved... | messinism...ritual incantations to promote security, peace and prosperity in themidst of chaos |
kabbalah is...and the most famous part of it is the... | numeral based...sefer ha zohar |
sefer ha zohar means | scroll of glory |
two migrations during/after the inquisition included the | sephardic judaism and ashkenazi |
sephardic judaism migration from | spain to ottoman empire |
ashkenazi involved migrations throughout | central/western europe |
shabbatai zevi (tzvi) said he was the | real messiah |
shabbatai zevi marries...who says she... | an egyptian jew named sarah...was destined to marry the messiah |
shabbatai zevi goes to...and asks for... | sultan...and empire for the jews |
the sultan tells shabbataie zevi that he can either | convert to islam or die..so he converts |
baal shem tov was a...who developed... | polish rabbi...hasidism |
hasidism believes there is | hope in religious piety by following ethics/rityuals to trascend chaos) |
who was the primary rabbi of the hasidic society | tzaddik |
tzaddik means | great charisma/joy |
during the 1700s the..occured where peopled believed there should be... | european enlightenment...religious toleration, trial by jury and freedom from press, etc |
a german rabbi named...developed a new era of... | moses mendelssohn...hope/peace |
mendelssohn came up with...such as tthat jews should not be... | enlightened propositions...ghetto-ized but instead allowed to interact w/ society, speaking the lang of the people around them |
captain...who was a...is arrested for... | alfred dreyfus...french jew/army soldier...being a spy for the germans/prussians but the only evidence is that he is a jew |
captain alfred dreyfus' case demonstrates | renunciation of enlightenment |
theodor herzl shows how europeans are | antisemitic/hypocritical by not treating jews faily |
who is the father of...? | theodor herzl is the father of zionism |
zionism is | a form of secular judaism |
zionism stated that jews will never be | treated fairly so they should have their own territory/political homeland in palestine |
in 1917 there was the...named after... | balfour declaration...foreign secretary named balfour |
balfour declaration occured when palestine was under...and said jews can... | british domination...immigrate into palestine |
in 1939 there was a | restriction of jewish immigration into palestine during WWII |
holocaust is also called | shoah |
in 1947-1948 there was a...which resulted in... | UN partition...british vacating and Israel being established |
the isreal that is established as a result of the un partition is different from | king David's |
variations of modern judaism include | orthodox, reform, conservative, reconstructionist and ultra orthodox |
orthodox judaism adhered strictly to the... | talmud and kosher foods (based on God's word |
orthodox judaism revolved around...where men and women... | gender relations...sit seperately during synogogue |
orthodox jews believed worship should happen on...and their interpretation of through the talmud is not... | saturday (sabbath)...non-scientific |
language of worship for orthodox jews is | hebrew |
talmud is written in | aramaic language |
reform judaism happened in..as a result of.. | germany...moses mendelssohn |
reform judaism is the jewish parallel to | liberal protestantism |
reform judaism involved using...and minimizing... | vernacular (not hebrew)...reading of the talmud |
reformers believed hebrew prayers should be... | minimized also and spoken in the vernacular |
to reformers, the talmud is ..and usually there are no... | less important...dietary restriction |
day of worship for reformers is...which is often called... | friday evening at synogogue...temple |
gender relations for reformers | there is an emphasis on equality and anyone can be a rabbi, bar/bat mitzvahs |
interpreation of talmud for reformers is | scientific |
conservative jews are found mainly in...and they are a... | nyc..happy middle between orthodox and reform |
conservatives still eat...and have a... | kosher foods...scientific interpretation |
reconstructionists emerged from...and there is an emphasis for them on.. | conservatives...cultural identity |
reconstructionists could be | atheist reconstructionists |
reconstructionists support | israel |
ultra orthodox are also called...and want to exist... | fundamentalists...in complete isolation from everyone who isn't one of them |
ultra orthodox jews emphasize...which is... | conversion..unique..but you must already be jewish |
ritual events for judaism include | bar/bat mitzvahs,, sabbath, rosh hashanah, yom kippur, channukkah, passover, pentecost |
bar/bat mitzvah happens at age...and means either... | 13/12...son of teh commandment or daughter for reformers |
during a bar/bat mitzvah the person does what | reads torah on following sabbath and are seen as an adult |
sabbath happens on either | friday or saturday evening |
sabbath commemorates | completion of creation and release from slavery |
sabbath is a day of | rest since there is no weekend |
bec of the sabbath, romans considered the jws | as lazy |
rosh hashanah means...and happens around | new year...sept or oct |
yom kippur happens...and is the day of... | 10 days after new year...atonement |
yom kippur involves | fasting and commemorating introduction of sin,worship at synogogue, confession and forgiveness |
channukkah is the | feast of dedication or festival of lights |
channukkah is an | 8 day celebration in november/december |
channukkah is not in the..but rahter the... | jewish bible...macabees |
channukkah commemorates the | cleansing of the Temple |
the macabees were about..who basically said to call him... | antioches IV or epiphinees...God |
as a result of epiphinees, the...threw him out and the Temple had to be... | maccabean revolt...cleansed but there was only enoug ritual oil for 1 day (takes 8 days to make) but it lasted all 8 days |
channukkah uses the...which is a... | monorah..lampstand |
passover happens in...and it commemorates... | march/april...the myth of the exodus |
pass over involves...and the... | unlevened bread...angel of death passing over houses w/ blood on doorfram |
pass over involves celebrating with the...which happens on the... | seder dinner...first two nights |
during the seder dinner what happens | the story is recited |
the seder dinner uses | symbolic foods and dialogue w/ children |
pentecost is also called..and happens... | shavout...7 weeks after passover |
pentecost commemorates the | giving of the law |
pentecost and pass over used to involve...when there was a... | pilgrammage...a Temple |
deut. 6;4-9 is the...and it means to.. | the shema..hear |
the shema consists of | creedal statements (doctrine) |
one is to say the shema | two times a day |
the shema says that there is | one relatable God |
the shema involves...which is a... | tefillin/phylactery...leather box w/ torah written on/in it |
the tefillin/phylactery is literally | bound to you for morning prayers |
the shema also involves the..which is a.. | mezuzah..tiny box in doorway containing the torah |
the mishnah basically says that during | passover, if a man has left for some ritual act and realizes he left yeast at home, he should go and remove it if he has time or anul if in his heart if he can't go back |