RELS 205 Study Guide - Final Guide: Book Of Deuteronomy, Purim, Jewish Mysticism
10 Dec 2018
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Introduction: how jews view christianity - 251. The jewish story: jewish texts and the origin of judaism - 254, covenants and obedience - 255. Jewish scriptures: 3 parts of hebrew bible (256) 5 books of moses, the prophets, the scriptures. Jewish understanding of history: covenant with abraham (257 rst paragraph, joseph being sold to slavery (257 p 2-3, moses" life (258, moses freeing slaves and leading them to mt. Sinai, renews covenant, reveals torah to moses (259) Jewish history after moses: canaan (promised land) saul, david, solomon, damascus. (259 p 2, civil war, kingdom of judah (259 p 3, plague and wars cont. Jewish community and sects: the matrix of traditional jewish life , jews being regarded as second class citizens, 271, exile from the community inspiring a sense of unity among jews. Sephardic and ashkenazy judaism: sephardic jews spain, ashkenazy jews northern europe, di erences between the 2, liturgy and cultural practices (272 paragraph.
