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The Covenant - The sacred agreement between God and the Jewish people, God…
The Covenant
- The sacred agreement between God and the Jewish people
Early Prophetic Tradition
- began with direct communication with God like the
patriarchs
The Patriarchs - Abraham, Isaac & Jacob
Abraham
- First Patriarch.
Sarah
is his wife with
Isaac
being their son.
Hagar
being the handmaid who had a child with Abrham, giving birth to their son
Ishmael
.
Jacob
is Isaac's Son
Noah
- Tasked by God to create an arch to help humanity and Earth dwellers survive a great flood
Temple Destruction
- The first Temple was destructied by the Babylonians in 586 BCE while the second being destructed by The romans in 70 CE.
Apocalyptic Prophetic Tradition
followed early tradition - includes divine intervention to end evil in contrast to the early prophetic tradition which emphasized human actions
Current Branches of Judaism
Conservative - combines traditional laws and modern thought
Reform - embraces the evolving nature of Judaism, adapting traditions to the modern world
Orthodox - strictly traditional practice of Judaism holding the Torah and other traditions firmly
Different Sects from ancient Judea
Pharisees
- middle-class Jews who adhered to tradition believing in resurrection and the afterlife
Sadducees
- aristocratic, priestly class - rejected the idea of afterlife
Essenes
- monastic group who withdrew from society and church because they believed others were corrupt - they were convinced the
Messiah
would come
Zealots
- revolutionary group of religious extremists who overthrew the Roman empire
The Ten Commandments
- Set of rules listed in the Torah - revealed by God to the people of Israel
God (Yahweh)
- The creator of all
Adam and Eve
- First people created by God
Sent to the
Garden of Eden
where the
tree of knowledge
was (among other trees).
A
serpent
(or a snake) associated with positive and negative symbolism - tempted Eve to eat the fruit from the tree. Was told that when they ate it, they would understand good and evil
Eve convinced Adam to also eat the fruit
They were
expelled
from the Garden of Eden to prevent them from becoming immortal - being the starting point for human existence (symbolizes the hardships we encounter in life amongst other things)
