test 2 long answer

Question 1

what is a covenant?

Answer 1

an agreement, promise or contract where both sides have mutual obligations and responsibilities

Question 2

what are some examples of jewish covenants?

Answer 2

the story of Noah and the flood
the sacrifice of issac
circumcision

Question 3

why is Noah and the flood covenantal?

Answer 3

because Noah does what god says and god promises not to flood the earth again and the rainbow is the sign of the covenant established between god and Noah

Question 4

why is the sacrifice of Issac covenantal?

Answer 4

because Abraham listens to god and shows his loyalty to god by sacrificing his son Issac, by Abraham realizing there is a higher duty than his duty he has to his son. the relationship between Abraham and god is another sight of the covenant

Question 5

what is the importance of covenant to the Jewish people?

Answer 5

the covenant is important to jewish people because at the heart of judaism there is a covenant between god and the jewish people the covenantal experiences that happen symbolize the agreement between god and the jewish people that they are the chosen people of god

Question 6

what is a structure of a covenant?

Answer 6

normally there something that the people have to do to show their loyalty to god and normally there is a potential punishment and then there is a sign of the covenant at the end of the event ( a rainbow in Noah and the flood and the substitution of Issac for the ram in the sacrifice of Issac)

Question 7

what was ritual life like before the destruction of the second temple?

Answer 7

before the destruction of the second temple you needed to be at a temple to worship god and practice your faith

Question 8

how did the destruction of the second temple effect ritual life in judaism?

Answer 8

after the destruction of the second temple the ritual life shifted away from needing to be at a worship site to worship. due to the diaspora after the destruction of the second temple many jews did not have access to a worship site so it shifted the idea that temple life was necessary to practice your faith. you were able to practice judaism without having access to a worship site. if you did not have access to a worship site the importance shifted from the worship site to the torah, making judaism more accessable. if you lived near a worship site temple life was still central

Question 9

explain how ritual life is always evolving in judaism?

Answer 9

for both Reform Judaism and conservative judaism the ritual life has always been changing to adapt to the modern way of life

Question 10

why has ritual life in reform judaism changed?

Answer 10

ritual life changed in Reform Judaism so it was able to adapt to the life around the people who believed in Reform Judaism.

Question 11

what are 5 ways ritual life changed in Reform Judaism?

Answer 11

complete dropping of dietary laws

synagogues adapted the vernacular language of where it was located

adopted the orgon in the jewish religious services

the Sabbath falls on Sunday

the torah can be read allegorically

Question 12

why did conservative judaism change its ritual life?

Answer 12

because they wanted to reflect what id was like to be a jew in America, it holds tradition but allows certain aspects of modernity

Question 13

what is the east-west (great) schism ?

Answer 13

the it was a Theo-political break from the church of constinople and the roman Catholic Church , the church of constinople split from the roman catholic church and created their own independent church

Question 14

what caused the great schism?

Answer 14

the church of Constantinople started to question the authority of the pope, due to the questioning of the pope, the patriarch of Constantinople finds himself in a battle with the pope over jurisdiction and theological ideas, the nature of the theological claim and the way it was handled between Rome and constanople caused the conflict to hit their high, this causes the roman church to kick the patriarch of constanopel out of the Roman Catholic Church. in return the patriarch of constanople kicked the pope out of the church of Constantinople. thus causes the independent church of constantanople to form

Question 15

why is the great schism a Theo-political break?

Answer 15

it was concerted a theo-political break because the theological part is the disagreement about theological principals and the political part is the disagreement over power and jurisdiction.

Question 16

what is the the protestant reformation?

Answer 16

this is a theological break that caused the protestant branch to break from the Roman Catholic branch.

Question 17

explain what caused the protestant reformation?

Answer 17

the protestant reformation was caused by Martin Luthers critiques of the roman Catholic Church, his crituqes were made to help highlight the issues in the Roman Catholic Church so they could fix them, his main critique was the corruption in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church and questions if the hierarchy is even essential for people to gain access to the message of chrisanity. Luther expected the roman church to agree with him but they did not and it sparked a theological crisis. after a few years he was kicked out of the roman church by the pope in 1521. after this he started the protestant branch, and based it on 2 theological principles; sola fide and sola scriptura. he also reduced the amount of sacraments from 7 down to 2, those 2 were baptism and eucharist

Question 18

why was the protestent reformation a theological break?

Answer 18

is it a theological break because it comes from the disagreements of the basic principles of Christianity, the ideas of sola fide and sola scriptura drive the break of protestant from Roman Catholic

Question 19

what does sola fide mean?

Answer 19

the idea that one is not saved by the actions or ones works but is only saved by ones faith in Jesus

Question 20

what does sola scriptura mean?

Answer 20

it means through scripture alone one would have the tools and guiding to a Christian life, Luther feels like through the bible alone you can acquire the tools to be a faithful christian

Question 21

what is the English reformation?

Answer 21

it is a political break that caused the Church of England to separate from the roman church. this creates the Church of England or anglican

Question 22

explain why the English reform action happened?

Answer 22

the parliament in 1534 decides that a bishops jurisdiction should not reach outside of his territory and said the popes jurisdiction should not reach all the way to England from Rome, the idea of the pope not having jurisdiction in England causes the creation of the Church of England. the motivation for the break of the Church of England from the roman church was because king henry the 8th wanted a divorce from his wife

Question 23

why is the English reform a political break?

Answer 23

it is a political break because the disagreement over jurisdiction and power caused the separation of the Church of England from the roman church

Question 24

what are 5 keys themes in the genesis creation stories?

Answer 24

god speaks
monotheistic
creation is good
fecundity
hierarchy

Question 25

why is monotheistic a significant theme in genesis?

Answer 25

because when god created the earth, animals, light and dark, sun, moon and solar system, humankind and Sabbath he was the only god creating who created the whole earth, this established that he his all powerful and he is concurred THE god

Question 26

why is god speaks a significant theme in creation stories?

Answer 26

it is significant because god speaks because over the 7 days he creates earth, he speaks everything in to existence and the word of god leads to the creation of everything establishing is great power

Question 27

what did god create over the 7 days?

Answer 27

earth
animals
light and dark
sun, moon and solar system
human kind
Sabbath

Question 28

what is the significance in the theme that creation is good?

Answer 28

because the since everything is coming from god and his word lead to the creation of all life and everything that means that all that he created is good, over the 7 days of creation genesis declares that “god saw that it was good” meaning that he saw all of his creation as good

Question 29

what is the significance of the theme fecundity in the creation stories?

Answer 29

because Adam and Eve were created in the likeness of god they were told to be fruitful and multiply and go reproduce so they could fill the earth and rule over the earth

Question 30

what is the significance of the theme of hierarchy in the creation story?

Answer 30

the hierarchy was significant because it was a gift from god to humankind. he gifted the responsibility to have dominion over the earth that is why they are so high on the hierarchy

Question 31

what are the major 4 points of intersection between judaism and Christianity?

Answer 31

they are both abrahamic religions

the New Testament is a derivative of the hebrew bible (Old Testament)

the hebrew bible described the death and resurrection of Jesus

christian rituals are derived from jewish rituals; Baptisim, eucharist and circumcision

Question 32

what 7 facets of Jesus’ story to understand his emerging from a jewish context?

Answer 32

Jesus submitted to ancient Jewish right as baptism

Jesus taught in the synagogues in gallowley

Jesus was Jewish

Jesus was referred to has the king of jews when he was crucified

the Jewish sect called the Jesus’ movement found following in some synagogues

when people joined the Jesus movement they had the be a part of judaism

the Jesus’ movement turned in to what we know today as Christianity

Question 33

why was the Jesus movement considered jewish?

Answer 33

because Jesus was a Jewish messiah with jewish followers that followed many jewish beliefs and people had to be jewish to join the Jesus movement, meaning that it was a form of Judaism, this early form of Christianity was really just a new and improvising form of judaism and it turned in to christanity

Question 34

why would early scholars describe early Christianity as a first century jewish group?

Answer 34

because early Christianity also known as the Jesus movement, it had many similar practices as the jewish faith and Jesus was a jewish messiah emerging from a jewish context, he had jewish followers who followed jewish rituals and when this jewish. this Jesus movement turned in to Christianity, meaning that in its early days Christianity was a jewish movement