Torah

Currents

Conservative (Believing that the Torah is binding but is continuously being developed by rabbis.)

Reformed (No longer binding except for the ethical aspects.)

Orthodox (Adhering to the traditional interpretations of the Torah and that it can't be changed.)

Genisis

Adam (The first human created, placed in the Garden of Eden) adam 2

Eve (Created to help Adam and was made from his rib, placed in the Garden of Eden soon after he was.) eve

Tree of knowledge of good and evil (A tree that the Lord at put in the middle of the garden of Eden and appointed Adam to tend to it.)

Garden of Eden (Terrestrial paradise inhabited by Adam and Eve.)

Serpent (Tempted Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge.) snakeeden

Expulsion (When God banished Adam from the Garden of Eden for eating the fruit of knowledge.)

Noah (The ninth decent of Adam.) Noah_mosaiccrop

Abram (Called by the Lord to leave his country and people and journey to a new land, where he will become the founder of a new nation.) abram

Ishmael (A prophet along with Abram's first son.) ishmael

Sarah (The wife of Abram and the mother of Isaac.) sarah

Hagar (The wife of Abram and mother of Ishmael.) hagar

Terms

Covenant (An agreement.)

The Book of Job (An account of a man named Job who questioned the Lord as to why he had so much unwarranted suffering and how he remained faithful throughout it all.)

Messiah (A savior, redeemer to the Jewish.)

Apocalyptic Prophetic (Focuses on what's happening outside of history, outside of this realm.)

Early Prophetic (Focuses on this realm and what's happening in history.)

Pharisees (Promoted the idea of purity for all Jews and taught that besides the commandments, Oral Law was also passed down by Moses.)

Sadducees (Denied the resurrection of the dead, the existence of spirits, and the obligation of oral tradition, emphasizing acceptance of the written Law alone.)

Essenes

Some were celibate, disdained marriage and adopted children

Others believed that marriage and procreation were needed if the group was to continue and not disappear.

Zealots (To rebel against the Roman Empire)

Second temple destruction (In 70 CE the Romans reclaimed Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple, a temple sacred to jews.)

Rules

13 Principles

That God alone is to be worshipped

That God communicates to prophets

The eternity of God

That Moses is the greatest prophet

The incorporeality of God

That the Torah was given by God

The absolute unity of God

That the Torah is immutable

The existence of God

That there is divine providence

That there is divine punishment and reward

That there will be a Messiah

That the dead will be resurrected

Commandment 10 (Thou shalt not covet anything that belongs to thy neighbor.)

613 (Not to retain her for servitude after having relations with her—Deuteronomy 21:14)