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| first “Jew” because he takes command, first prophet, safely crosses the Promised Land |
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| agreement binding two parties, accepts the agreement causing name change to Abraham/father of many |
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| Most important event in Judaism, travels back to Promised Land and stops at mount Sinai, talks to God in a cloud, carrying stones, 10 commandments |
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| God makes a series of agreements with people of Israel, beginning with Abraham, represents the highest of the fullest expression of this gods concern for Israel, guide on how to live a good life, example of god’s concern |
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| place of worship for judaism |
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| jews were held captive in Babylon |
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| King of Persia,responsible for ending Babylonian captivity and letting the jews rebuild the temple |
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| controls the Greeks, people become captive in their own land, not free, he dies; Israel is given small empire (Seleucid dynasty) |
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| member of the Seleucid dynasty who are ruling Palestine kingdom, believed himself to be Alexander the great reincarnated, goes against 1st commandment, under his reign the macabee revolt occurs |
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| (Hebrew bible) TA/Torah: first 5 books, means law and its about creation/covenant making, series of agreements. NA/Nevi’im: profit, covenant breaking. KH/Kethuvim: writings/sayings, everything leftover/psalms, covenant renewal |
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covenant making, breaking, and renewal of how Judaism understands, getting back into the covenant marks the return. Time of tragedy and despair, whenever things aren't going right
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| ritual bath, makes impure pure (baptism) |
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| Angel of death passes over, Last supper before death, commemorates from an exodus event, liberation of Israel from Egypt |
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| rich/upper classes, movers of society, collaborators, follow Romans/go along with what they say to 1. Keep the temple 2. Keep their lives 3. Keep the peace |
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| understanding the Tanakh, God can be found through the stories, saw the Sadducees as corrupt, all about purity, adapted to the romans |
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| fought back against the romans. “Only good roman is a dead roman.” They became ineffective because they were unorganized |
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| they dropped out of society and focused on mikvah and the Tanakh to get ready for God, go to desert to pray and meditate, they believed this was the end |
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| not taken into captivity to Babylon, understood their relationship with God as he left and went to Mt. Gerazin, They went there to practice their faith, they don’t care about the romans, Jews want nothing to do with Samaritans |
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| followers of “the way” of Jews, their response to Romans was it doesn’t matter, what really matters is what’s going on in every persons body, spirit(when on earth is in exile) is more important than physical surroundings, restored when in heaven |
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| “sayings of the fathers”, collection of sermons/stories from other rabbis, not unique to Jesus |
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| Jew from Nazareth, best understood as a rabbi, he is respected by all, he’s got what it takes, he wanders from place to place preaching to people, he speaks as though he has a unique relationship with God |
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| Jesus used these messages |
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| New way of living with transcendent God, new way to worship God is Love of neighbor and of enemy, to what extent can you love what you fear |
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| from Tarsus/cosmopolitan/worldly city, Pharisee who thinks he is better than the rest/powerful, He wants to lock up all the Nazareens, he is struck blind for 3 days/believes he heard Jesus and now he sees everything differently, becomes biggest supporter of the nazareen ways |
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| Believe in one God but didn’t convert to Judaism because 1. Dietary/ no pork and 2. Circumcision, Paul helps them with those restrictions |
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| meaning of Islam, to submit, not names after founder, one who submits is Muslim, submits will to Allah |
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| Muhammad’s uncle he is a traveling salesman, he gives Muhammad the opportunity to travel, question of ultimate concern: what is true? |
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| Muhammad’s wife, marrying her gives him time, spiritual crisis |
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| gives Muhammad a command, repeats these words (Quran), converts him to al nabi and al rasul |
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| someone who lived before Muhammad, term of respect |
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| recognizes his virgin birth and accepts his ability to do miracles; he is seen as a model of ascetic (discipline), develops ummah and puts into practice what it means to follow Allah |
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| the deceiver, leads persecution of Islam, anti-Christ figure |
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| Muhammad marks the last of the profits of Allah, no more revelation after him, finest example of what it is to be a Muslim equals live how he lived |
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| “people of the book” protect the people |
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| those people who are part of Allah’s on going revelation |
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| Journey from Mecca to Medina, becomes so important it is marked on the Islamic calendar, AH-after hijrah and BH- before hijrah |
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| successor, comes from caliphate/tribes |
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| conservative, older version, 85% or Islam, practice the Quran, Hadith/collection of stories about Mohammad |
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| followers or supporters of Ali |
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| Ali’s son, fights Umayyad and civil war erupts, he and his family are killed |
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| Capitalized for Shia and it is the person that is very important and is a channel to Allah, lowercase for Sunni and it is someone who leads in prayer |
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| Movement (woolen) they would wear woolen clothing to become ascetic (disciplining the body), mystical movement- someone has an outer body experience, they think they can reach Allah, there are both Sunni Sufi and shia Sufi |
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| community/reinforces identity and unity, centered on tawhid |
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| struggle, more difficult to submit yourself to Allah and practice what you believe, they engage in jihad |
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| All the lands in which Muslim government rules and the holy law of Islam prevails |
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| internal struggle shows commitment, greatest opportunity to do the greatest good |
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| oneness, our obligations to live in such a way like Allah in oneness and completeness on planet earth |
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| Support system/obligations or practices that are a set of organizations |
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| there is no god but god and Mohammad is the messenger, first thing into babies ear and last when you die |
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| ascetic(discipline)practice/Ramadan, stop anything that pleases the body from sunrise to sunset, gives you a clean slate, start all over again |
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| emerged 200 years ago/ 19th century Iran, fastest growing religion on the planet/ very diverse |
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| believed there were 12 great Imams/ people who speak to Allah |
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| 12th Imam, he didn’t die, he went into occultation because he was supposed to come back and be the mahdi to work with Jesus to defeat the enemies of Islam |
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| “gate” Sayyis Al Muhammad called himself this |
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| “glory of God” Ali Nuri called himself this |
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| book of certitude/something you can trust |
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| Shia believed other ways to read Quran |
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| Allah reveals himself through out the course of history |
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| prophets represent in-between state plus some ability to channel the will of God and communicate,more than human, show the way to get closer to God |
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| primary goal of Bahia, unity in diversity, differences make us stronger |
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| focuses on sacred reality and its relationship to humanity |
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| short story that has a moral to it |
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| process of drawing out or interpreting texts and figuring out what they mean |
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| type of religious literature that makes an apology for a particular faith claim, not saying sorry,explanation to non believers why you believe what you believe,defense of faith |
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mythic re-enactment-stories
rite of passage-stage of life
temporal rite-special times of the year/calendar |
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| to apply wisdom,structure and format for your daily life |
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| first REAL king of Israel |
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separation of kingdom/split into 2
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| go into war against the greeks and win to become free, become hasmonean dynasty |
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| United Nations voted and made Israel, Jews now had a homeland |
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| Baha'i differs from Islam b/c.. |
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| they have no heaven or hell or afterlife, message is in the audience not the message itself |
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| current action vs. teachings, theology |
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| In shia it is a savior type figure that will come back and triumph |
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