Sophomore Chapter 3 Version 2

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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

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Remember the Sabbath and

keep it holy

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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

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You shall not covet anythingthat belongs to your neighbor

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