Religious Studies 1023E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Coping With, Biblical Criticism, Extermination Camp
27 Sep 2016
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Monotheism the belief in a single, all powerful god. One interpretation is that it means the one who struggled with god . Judah/judea the name of the territory that in ancient times was considered to be the. Hebrew bible the sacred canon of jewish texts, known to jews as the tanakh and to. Torah designates the law or instruction of god, and also is another way of referring to the. In a more specific sense, it refers specifically to the first 5 books. Moses spoke with god and led the people according to god"s commandments. Exodus from egypt the migration of hebrews from egypt under the leadership of moses, understood in later hebrew thought as marking the birth of the israelite nation. Stipulate not only the people"s duties to god, but also their duties to one another. The special relationship between god and the jewish people: brit milah is the covenant of circumcision.
