Ten Commandments
I am the Lord your God
You shall have no other gods before me You shall not make for yourself an idol Do not take the name of the Lord in vain Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy Honor your father and mother
You shall not kill/murder†
You shall not commit adultery You shall not steal††
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor You shall not covet‡ your neighbor's wife
You shall not covet‡ anything that belongs to your neighbor
Chosness,
• Casiye, 16 (blessings, boons)
• Bakara, 40 (essence of covinent, ahit)
• Bakara, 83-84 / maide 12 (what were the ahits)
«It is considered that Judaism is a national religion and the believers of this religion are an ethnically chosen people by God. But this being chosen of Isaelites and their superiority is nothing but, as Muslims expressed, in the sight of God superiority depends on piety which leads deservingness. There are some proofs in the Tanakh indicate that being chosen and superiority should be understood in this context. But as time went by, with the withdrawal of Judaism into itself after the Exile and transforming into a national religion at the beginning of first millennium the idea of superiority which was based on faith at the beginning started to be considered as ethnic superiority of Israelites.» (Katar, 2007)
• Please write the concept of «chosenness» and
«promised land» according to Quran?
«The doctrine of Israel’s election by God, which is a topic much discussed in academic as well as non-academic circles in the West, takes up a central place in both Jewish and Christian traditions, based on their own interpretations of election. Although Islam does not seem to share this common language of chosenness, the concept of divine election, as well as the idea of Israel’s being blessed and exalted by God over other peoples, also find place in the Qur’an in connection with the tradition of prophethood.
Thus, this paper attempts to discuss the Qur’anic understanding of “election”
in general and of the “election of Israel” in particular, with reference to terminology and reasoning alongside a broader theological and historical context, which suggests that the Muslim are the new vicegerent of God on earth if not the ones chosen by Him. While doing this, comparisons with Jewish and Christian interpretations of the doctrine of election and the nature of being vicegerent of God as well as its place in the wider concept of divine election are also given place in the discussion.» (Gürkan,2005)
Rituals
• Jewish calendar based on lunar month
• Sabbath/Shabbat
• Observed each week
• Sundown on Fridaysundown on Saturday
• Rosh Hashanah
• New year
• Begins the Days of Awe
• Concentrate on prayer, contemplation, self-searching
• Yom Kippur
• 10th day (of awe)
• Holiest day observed
• Repentance: 24 hours of atonement and fasting
