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Chapter 3 The World ofJesus
Jesus has to be seen as a devout Jew of
His day Jesus must be seen in the context of thelocal synagogue, the Temple, the role ofthe Sadducees and Pharisees, and theRoman occupation of Israel
The importance of learning in Judaism The Jewish sense of destiny dating back to
Gods covenant with Abraham
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How Jesus saw himself The local Synagogue as the center ofJewish life
See sample in picture on page 50
Read Jesus recitation of Isaiah onpage 49
Read questions on page 50 to better
understand the role of faith in Jesuslife
Jesus dated his lineage back to
Abram whose belief in the One
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The Covenant with Abraham
God promised Abraham and hissuccessors a land of safety and wellbeing
These Jews were in turn to be loyalto God and to love Him
Abraham and Sarah had a son, Isaac,and God tested Abrahams faith bytelling him to sacrifice Isaac whichHe stopped at the last moment
Isaac and Rebekah had a son acob
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A New Name & A New Race Jacob received a new name, Israel,
as a sign of his special relationshipwith God
Jacob fathered 12 sons ,each of
whom went on to lead one of thetwelve tribes of Israel
His other sons were jealous of his
favorite son, Joseph, and sold intoslavery in Egypt
Joseph eventually became Prime
Minister of Egypt and saved the
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The End of the PatriarchalPeriod
The Patriarchalperiod was dominatedby the three patriarchs: Abraham, Isaacand Jacob
The term Patriarch means father andleader of a family or a people
As a side note, given the culture of theperiod the often important role ofMatriarchs was often ignored until
Jesus came along and especiallyaffirmed and dignified the role of
women
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The End of the Patriarchal Periodcontinued
This period of the patriarchs lead to
150 years of prosperity in Egyptfollowed by about 250 years of slavery
The dynasty of Pharaohs the Jews
originally met in Egypt were similar tothemselves in that they came from thesame general geographic region
But turmoil in Egypt lead to the countrybeing taken over by a new dynasty ofPharaohs who came from the south and
had nothing in common with the Jews
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Moses Arrives with thename of God
Imagine going from being free to aslave over the course of a few shortyears that was the fate of the Jews
and over time they lost sight of theirGod and began to believe that theirGod had abandoned them
Around 1290 BCE Moses arrived In textbook read Exodus 3:13-15
on page 53
It is thought that Yahweh is derived
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Israelis of Learning thename of God
In the ancient world to know a namewas to give you some specialrelationship with the owner of that
name interestingly this wasespecially true in the Pharonic cultureof Egypt
Giving the name of God ofto theIsraelis lies in the fact that in theirculture the act of naming anythingindicated the power of the namer over
the named
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Plagues That here may be a scientific
explanation for the natural cause ofeach plague does not change themiraculous start, series, continuation
and end of these plagues Water turns to blood
Frogs overrun the land
Gnats or Lice
Flies torment the Egyptians
Livestock deceased (cattle, horses, donkeys,camels, oxen and sheep)
Boils plague the people
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Passover which is still
celebrated to this day
From the previous slide, write a list ofall ten plagues in your notebook youllneed it for your next quiz
The 10th plague caused the death of allthe firstborn children and animals ofthe Egyptians
The Jews slaughtered an animal andput some of the blood on theirdoorposts and over the doors of theirhomes
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Passover to pass over Read on page 55 of your text, in the
right-hand column in the paragraphbeginning The tenth the quotefrom God taken from Exodus 12:14.Please read this now
The Angel of Death passed overthose houses marked by the Hebrews
The Pharaoh relents and agrees to letthe Hebrews leave
This is why Passover must be
remembered every year and is one
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Travelling through Sinai
After 50 days in the desert Godconfirms His bond with the Jews at aspecial place called Mount Sinai
In class, READ Exodus Chapters 19-20 NOW
The covenant is a 2-way relationship
The Jews must keep the 10Commandments in exchange for whichGod chose all the Israelites as His
people
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The 10 CommandmentsCommandment Talmudic # Catholic #
I am the Lord your God 1
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You shall have no other gods
before me
2You shall not make for yourselfan idol
Do not take the name of theLord in vain
3 2
Remember the Sabbath and
keep it holy
4 3
Honor your father and mother 5 4
You shall not kill/murder 6 5
You shall not commit adultery 7 6
You shall not steal 8 7You shall not bear false witnessagainst your neighbor
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You shall not covet yourneighbor's wife
10
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You shall not covet anythingthat belongs to your neighbor
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