judaism - principal beliefs

Question 1

outline the believed attributes of God

Answer 1

He is:
-omnipotent (all powerful)
-omnipresent (everywhere)
-omniscient (all knowing)
-incorporeal (no physical body or gender)
-transcendent (beyond this world)
-eternal (beyond time)
-merciful and just
-personal and accessible)

Question 2

discuss the belief in one God

Answer 2

-believe in monotheism
-creator of the universe

Question 3

outline the concept of a divinely inspired moral law

Answer 3

promotes ethical monotheism
god demands justice and holiness from humanity
fore knowing not re destination
the universe is divinely ordered, created and good
in gods covenant with his people, he states that what he expects from them is ethical behaviour

Question 4

define ethical monotheism

Answer 4

believing in one god as the source for one’s standards of morality, guiding humanity through ethical principals

Question 5

identify the importance of the covenant for jewish people

Answer 5

god made this covenant conditional to the Israelites remaining loyalty to god and faithful to the law thus jews identify as god’s chosen people. the covenant is essential to forming sense of identity for jews -> through the covenant, the jewish people enter a personal relationship with god