emphasizes the Fall of Creation. How is this Fall related to Jewish Law? What does this mean in terms of the various meanings “Meanings” given in The World’s Illustrated Religion. In the end, how does Christianity address and resolve each of these consequences of the Fall. Your Formal Paper should be just under or over 2,000 words. Page. Module Overview Judaism is the fountainhead of what are termed the “Abrahamic Religions,” all of which trace their faith to Abraham. The Jews trace this heritage back through Isaac, the son of Abraham and his wife Sarah. The Muslims trace this heritage back to Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Sarah’s Maid Hagar. Judaism is termed a “Logocentric” religion, meaning in this case centered in language. God literally speaks all of creation into existence. The narrative of the Bible tells of a broken relationship between humanity and its creator, the world of mortality, moral chaos and pain as a consequence and the Restoration of that world through Law. The word “Torah” stands for the first five books of the Judaic Bible, by tradition credited to Moses. Torah means Law. The coupling of Law, the narrative of the Jewish People (who were created to keep God’s Law in a fallen world) and the Prophets compose the Bible, arguably the most influential text rises out of Judaism and in academic studies is often considered a form of Judaism. For Christians, the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth fulfills all of the Judaic Prophecies, in which the Christ embodies God so that humanity may have a relationship with God directly. God sacrifices and suffers the human condition in order to reach Humanity. Abiding in this relationship, God will save Humanity past the Apocalypse at the end of the World. Teaching almost radical Pacifism and obtaining forgiveness by forgiving others, Christianity remains a religion of forgiveness and redemption, championing humility, love and charity as central to its Doctrine.
