Jewish Ways of Being Religious
READING QUESTIONS
1. What surprising or unusual things do you notice about the creation accounts?
2. What three mandates or commands does God give to humans?
3. How do you interpret the story of how death came to be?
4. What is the covenant El Shaddai makes with Abram?
5. What do you think is important, from a religious point of view, about the story of the Passover and Exodus?
6. Why do you think the people are not allowed, upon penalty of death, on the mountain with Moses?
7. What sorts of things do the commandments given in Exodus and Leviticus regulate?
8. Select two commands from the Holiness Code in Leviticus and analyze them in terms of the histori¬cal and social situation they presuppose.
9. Why do you think the refrain "I am the Lord" is so frequently repeated?