Monotheism And Judaism Essay

The Torah and Jewish traditions have been an intricate part of in helping to shape the history of the world and the world as we know it. There are many ideas in the western culture that where known or not have been influenced the theological ideas such as; monotheism, weekend, census, asylum, equality under law, court system, and monetary damages. Although this is not a fully detailed list you can see that many concepts in the Torah and Jewish tradition may seem modern, but in fact go back 1000s of years. The concept of monotheism introduced a powerful notion that one God created and rules the universe. When this concept was first introduced it was a profound break from the idolatrous models that came before it such as the Egyptian

It taught that nothing was random, and that the world was created with a purpose. Humans were also created with a purpose and each has a divine and mandated goal in their lives and are charged to reach their potential. This was such a revolutionary idea because holy people where seen as holy and important beings. The Torah also describes how every individual is created in the image of god called betzelem elkokim. No matter life circumstances that life is holy and special. All these elements make up society from this realization. The concept of is shown in Exodus 20:8 which states” Six days you work and accomplish all your work, but the seventh day is Shabbat to the Lord your God; and you shall not do any work.” There is nothing logical about breaking up the long monotonous human days. Yet, a seven-day work week is found nowhere in the world. In the present four thousand years after Judaism introduced Shabbat, the concept of a seven-day work week is universal. This notion helped to develop the idea of a week and set society of a path to delineating the specific work week with a periodic leisure