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principal beliefs

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  • one god
  • covenant
  • moral law
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one god

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  • God is one
  • God is eternal
  • God is omnipresent (god is everywhere)
  • God is omnipotent (god is all-powerful with no limitations)
  • God is omniscience (God is all-knowing
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covenant

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  • importance of covenant (between god and the people of Israel)
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1st expression of the covenant

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  1. god and Noah
    - God saves Noah from flood and Noah must care for all of creation
    - symbol is rainbow
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2nd expression of the covenant

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  1. god and Abraham
    - called to leave his home and move to the promised land (Canaan/Israel)
    - god promises numerous descendants
    - promises of land and people
    - symbol is circumcision
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3rd expression of the covenant

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  • god and Moses
  • exodus event
  • god saved Israelites and they were then obliged to accept ten commandments
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4th expression of the covenant

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  • god and David

- David is a Shepard and God chooses him to be a king, David must walk in gods way

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the essence of the covenant

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  • significant because it expresses the ongoing relationship between God and the people of Israel that are the core of the Jewish tradition
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exile and restoration in the covenant

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  • people are blessed when they are faithful and suffer when they are not
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moral code

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  • Jews look towards the sacred texts to find responses to ethical questions
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moral law

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  • 10 commandments

- 613 mitzvot