RELI 160D2 1st EditionExam 1 Study Guide: Lectures 1 - 10Lecture 1Who are the three patriarchs?Abraham, Isaac & JacobWhat did the judges do?Led attacks on Cannanites. They’re ware heroes during the 200 year occupation when they’re fighting.Who is the King who succeeded David? What did he do? What happened when he died?Solomon. He built the first temple in Moriah. When he died the UK broke into two, North & South.Lecture 2What does Moses believe? (regarding God)There is ONE God, and he is a providential God, involved in everything you say or do. What is Yom Kippur?Day of atonement & being forgiven.What does Hanukkah celebrate?Rededication of the temple in 165 B.C.What does Kosher mean?There’s no limit on food that grows from the ground. Rules deal with animals and fish. Some saysome fish make you sick (shellfish), and can’t eat beasts of prey (tiger, lion), rodents, swine, horses, elephants, primates, or reptiles. Jews can eat anything that has fins AND scales, but all shellfish are forbidden (shrimp, lobster, etc). Kosher means “pure or fit”. Has to be one stroke of the knife, be nice while killing.Lecture 3What does Gehenna mean?It’s a symbol of hell.Who are the Levites?From the tribe of Levi, but not related to Aaron, so they weren’t priests. They basically take careof everything: janitors, musicians, guards, etc. Explain what the synagogue is…its history, what is serves, worship structure?It’s a place of prayer & study. Its history begins in the Bayblonian period, when Jews were taken out of their country into Babylon, and wanted a place to worship. Men and women sit separately during worship. Worship opens with shema; with oneness of God. Followed by reading of torah, and followed by a sermon. A rabbi is in charge.Lecture 4What are sadducees?Wealthy jews. Merchants, etc. They cooperate with the Romans, it’s just business, but to the rest of the Jews it looks tratorish. They accepted only the first 5 books of the bible. They reject resurrection, personal immortality and angels & devils.Explain the social position of women.Hated women. Literally thought women were useless lives, nothing but machines for making babies. First century, a woman left her home with her face hidden by two veils, hair covered, covered from neck to top of feet. - Because a woman is property of her father, until after marriage, which then makes her property of her husband. For inheritance rights, they were always behind men/sons. Education was limited...so women did domestic duties. Until a girl was12 and a half, she must marry whoever her father chooses.What does every marriage start with?A betrothal.How common was divorce?Divorce was permitted, but uncommon because it was expensive, and the man would look like afailure. It had a public stigma.Lecture 5What type of Judaism spawned from enlightenment?Reform.Being Jewish is not a race. What is it?They’re a family of people within the Semitic world.What is Deism?Enlightenment religion. Believe that God exists and created the universe, but now has nothing to do with it. That nothing is supernatural, everything has to be tested.Who are Sephardic Jews?Orthodox in Spain. Very strict. Their language is a combination of hebrew and spanish. There are about 1 million. About 6 million in the united states today. Explain Conservative Jews. Include their founder, what they’re about & what they believe in.The founder was Zacharias Frankel. It’s the middle ground between reform & orthodox, but it is conservative. They don’t read the bible literally. They praise the orthodox for maintaining traditions. They admire the reform for stressing social justice.Lecture 6Aristotle thought the earth was _ _ _ _ _ _ _.Eternal.Who is Moses Maimonides?Jewish philosopher theologian. Pharmacist and doctor. Worked in Jerusalem and Egypt.Who did Elizabeth Cougar Ross want to interview?People in the Chicago hospital.What are the five stages according to Elizabeth Cougar Ross?1. Denial. 2. Anger. 3. Bargaining for reprieve. 4. Terrible depression. 5. Acceptance but not resignation.Lecture 7What does genocide mean?It means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, partly or completely, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, such as: killing members of the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part, imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group, or forcefully transferring children of the group to another group.Didn’t even have this term until the Holocaust.During the time of the Holocaust, what did legalization consist of?Segregation, loss of legal rights and citizenship, expropriation/aryanization, and public humiliation & defamation. Fill in the following blanks with occurrences that happened when Hitler unleashed genodice:1. 1939-1944: _________2.1941-1943: __________3.1942-1945: __________1. Ghettoization begins. Death by starvation & disease.2. Mass murder on the Eastern Front.3. Extermination camps for the “Final Solution”Lecture 8What do Mark, Matthew, Luke and John each symbolize?Mark - lion, because it opens with preaching in the wilderness.Matthew - manLuke - ox, because it begins with sacrifice in the temple.John - eagle, because it’s a spiritual gospel that soars above everything you’ve read.What are the five principles of Christian Theology?1. Christianity is based on the belief of Jesus who is truly God and truly man, and is the messiah,who will usher in the final judgement. (Christ means the messiah).2. By following the moral principles of Jesus, a person can live a fully human life.3. Jesus is seen as restoring the balance between humankind and God.4. Christians believe that this restoration of balance was accomplished by Jesus’ life, death & resurrection.5. Christians believe that Jesus will return at the end of history, the second coming.How many days and nights did Jesus fast and prye to prepare himself for ministry?40 days and 40 nights.Jesus taught in parables, which are what?Fictitious stories that makes one basic point.Lecture 9What is the second parable?The 11th hour workers. It’s harvest time at 5pm our time, they all work for one hour. Moral: it’s never too late to repent; God will accept you even at the end.What is the third parable?The Good Samaritan. Samaritan pulls man out of ditch, pays for him to stay in an Inn.