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Religion Unit Test 4
Religion Unit Test 4
Religion Unit Test 4
God’s Covenant with Moses: - when Moses was on Mount Sinai for the first time, God came to
him in the form of a burning bush and told him to take his people out of Egypt, as they’re
imprisoned there as slaves.
- Moses tells the pharaoh to let his people go, but he doesn’t, and Abraham says that God
will punish him
- God sends down 10 plagues and the last being the plague that the eldest son of each
son would die
- The Israelites protected themselves by painting the blood of a lamb on their doorsteps,
so that God would know to skip over them
- When the pharaoh’s son died, he let them go
- But he quickly changed his mind so, they went after Moses and his people, and that is
when Moses split the Red Sea
- God gives Moses the ten commandments at Mount Sinai
- The first King of Israel is King Saul and his prophet is Samuel
- Samuel is angry with him b/c he takes prisoners when he’s not supposed to, he needs to
listen to God’s message completely, by killing everyone and everything
- Since King Saul gets too egotistical and tells Samuel that HE IS THE KING, God instructs
Samuel to find a new King
- Samuel finds a Shepard name David, who ends up fighting Goliath with one rock
o He shows his worth to people and becomes a great leader and warrior in the
eyes of the Jews because he built a name for himself based on his own actions
not words
- David unites the 12 tribes of Israel in Jerusalem
- King David isn’t as a great of a king as he seems as he:
o Cheats on his wife with his Best Friend’s wife and has a child out of wedlock
o Then proceeds to kill his best friend
- Michal = David’s first wife but she can’t give him kids
- They begin to raise the kid out of wedlock, but god punishes David by taking away his
first kid
- Since God has enough love for David, he gives him another son
- His now wife = Bathsheba
- The first temple is built in Jerusalem and is named after his 2nd son = Solomon
- The Babylonians take over Jerusalem and destroy the first temple, nebechadazzer takes
over and destroys the temple
- Daniel becomes the prophet since he can interpret dreams
- The Persian king Cyrus helps save the Jews from Egypt
- They finally head back to Jerusalem a.k.a. the promised land
- Hellenization begins, and Judah and the Maccabees fight against them
- Judah = the hammer
- The Greeks destroy their temple once more (not completely) and the Jews run out of oil
- That is where the story of Hanukah comes from since, the oil in the lamp only could’ve
burned for one day it burned for 8 days, that’s where menorahs and Hanukahs come
from
- 70 CE the Romans destroyed the second temple
- All that is remaining is the wailing wall
Prophet = one who speaks on behalf of God and one who predicts the future
Messiah = anointed one
Topic 6: Synagogue
Synagogue = meeting place
- They come from the time of Babylonians when the Jews wanted to meet up and plan
their revolt or pray
- They would have to be very discreet and careful about it as to not get caught
A synagogue is a Jewish place of worship
Consists of the following:
- Ark of covenant = focal point - 10 commandments
- Torah - Bimah (altar)
- Ever burning lamp - rabbi’s chair
- Menorah - Rabbi’s podium
Topic 7: Judaism and Christianity
Similarities:
- Monotheistic faith stems from Judaism, gave way to Islam
- God is powerful
- Both have baptism
Differences:
- Jews believe their messiah is still coming
- Since when he comes he’ll get the job done in the first try
- Christians believe Jesus was their messiah and he came and left and will be back
- Christians believe God can take the form of a human also they pray to the trinity
- Jews believe in Unity
- Jews are God’s chosen people, Christians aren’t
- Different symbols, like crucifix vs kippah