HISTORY 16A Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: 613 Commandments, Sanctification
29 Aug 2016
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Chapter 6: the purpose of the law, the ten commandments, the sabbath. Purpose of commandments: to realize the teachings of prophecy: living out the faith in concrete ways. Sabbath: celebrating creation and the exodus from egypt: fully realized in commandments, realizes the condition of creation and that god rested on the 7th day. Commandments of action or refraining from action govern everyday life, both social and personal. Defines holiness through performance of religious duties. What is hateful to you, to your fellow don t do. Basic summary of the torah, but the details and other messages must not be ignored. There is cultural bias that comes out of this through the millennia. Essential to judaism: theology and law, ethics and ritual, rite and right. Love for mother and father in equality, not one over the other. Sanctification of the 7th day takes a huge importance on way of life. Sign of the covenant; sign of choiceness of israel.
