Seminar 6: Exodus (Judaism) Read pages 156-163 of your Primary Source Reader and prepare the following questions: HAVE BULLET POINT ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONS BELOW 1. We have heard that Judaism is very focused on the living of an observant, Jewish life. Note 2-3 places where the specifics of how to live that life are explained in Exodus. Quote them and explain what each means. 2. How is God portrayed in these two chapters from Exodus? 3. What is the purpose of the Sabbath in this section? What do you understand to be its modern purpose today? 4. Where do you see elements of the animist or naturalist polytheistic religious traditions that the Jewish people came from in this section? Use a quote to explain your thinking. 5. The Exodus story is considered critically important to Jewish self identity. Using only these two chapters, why do you think that might be true? 6. (from The Story of the Jews). How might the horror of the Holocaust and other details of this section affect Jewish self understanding?
