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For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be His own treasure, out of all peoples that are upon the face of the earth." [8] A similar passage speaking of Israel as the chosen people follows prohibitions on baldness [9] and cutting yourself in mourning, "For thou art a holy people". [10]
In Judaism, "chosenness" is the belief that the Jews, via descent from the ancient Israelites, are the chosen people, i.e., chosen to be in a covenant with God.The idea of the Israelites being chosen by God is found most directly in the Book of Deuteronomy, [4] where it is applied to Israel at Mount Sinai upon the condition of their acceptance of the Mosaic covenant between themselves and God.
Judaism recognizes two classes of "sin": offenses against other people, and offenses against God. Offenses against God may be understood as violation of a contract (the covenant between God and the Children of Israel). Once a person has sinned, there are various means by which they may obtain atonement (see Atonement in Judaism).
In the Hebrew Bible, Israel first appears in Genesis 32:29, where an angel gives the name to Jacob after the latter fought with him. [31] [32] [33] The folk etymology given in the text derives Israel from yisra, "to prevail over" or "to struggle with", and El, a Canaanite-Mesopotamian creator god that is tenuously identified with Yahweh.
The nationhood concept adhered to the biblical and religious identification as a chosen people, a holy nation set apart from the other nations in obedience to the One God. This conception of Jewishness helped to preserve the Jewish people during the diaspora, when Jews were "scattered among the nations
The state of Israel, he says, is the one state not respecting Israel as it was originally "created by the United Nations." [7] When Aftenposten asked him if he went too far by not recognizing Israel, he answered: The op-ed is a judgement prophecy. Of course I don't mean that Israel has no right to defend herself.
The Mosaic covenant played a role in defining the Kingdom of Israel. Rabbinic Judaism asserts that the Mosaic covenant was presented to the Jewish people and converts to Judaism and does not apply to Gentiles, with the notable exception of the Seven Laws of Noah which apply to all people. [citation needed]
all of their theological traditions are, to some extent, influenced by the depiction of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible; [10] all of them trace their roots to Abraham as a common genealogical and spiritual patriarch. [11] In the Abrahamic tradition, God is one, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, and the creator of the universe. [1]