[HIST 221] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (33 pages long!)

• School: Queen's University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 221
• Professor: Vassili Schedrin

Document Summary

Study guide: hist 221 jewish history; september 13, 2016. History of judaism and its historical development will be the focus of this course. Jewish history began in germany, with heimlich gretz: his idea was that all jews had one history, the jews around the world were one people. By studying jewish history, we study other cultures as well: holocaust: also learn about nazis and ww2, as well as german culture. Formation of judaism as its described in the bible. Covenant: jews came before judaism, because they must have been there to create the institutionalized religion, covenant is a formal agreement. This one between god and abraham of the responsibilities of humans. Circumcision a dedication of life, making god the first priority; the signature on the covenant: bible is full of stories of covenant breaking; theme. Conflict between freewill of humans and god is a motif of the bible and.