Throughout the ages, the history of the Jewish people has been passed on and symbolized through Creation, Revelation, and Redemption, the three main components of the Salvation History. Elements of these components are re-enacted daily, weekly, and yearly in rituals so as to recognize, give tribute, and remembrance to the mythical history of the Jews. It is through the events of Creation, Revelation, and Redemption that communal identity of the Jewish people was created. This identity has been sustained through the rituals of the Salvation History from the mythic past throughout time and still today.

In understanding the rituals that came out of the mythic past of the Jews, it is first important to understand the three main components of the Salvation History. It was the Jews' beliefs and practices about these three components of the Salvation History that created strong ties between the Jewish community. The first event of these three that occurred in the mythical history was Creation. It is sacred history that is accepted as a true account of the past as to how this world and all of its creatures came to being. In the history of the Jews, it is in Creation that God first reveals h

ral religious event for Jews and Judaism ever since," (Fishbane, 12). The Jews have believed from Revelation on that they are the only chance to save the world in the End Times, and they can only do this by obeying and practicing the Torah.

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imself. This part of Salvation History is where God first engages himself personally in the lives of Jewish ancestry, (Holdrege, Lecture, 1/12/01). A main significance of the Creation myth in Jewish life lies in the first chapter of Genesis, where God observes all that he has made on Earth, "And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good," (Smart and Hecht, 50). Thi!

s passage has particular importance because it tells the Jews that what God has done on Earth, including their creation, is good. This means that anything that is not good on Earth is the fault of humans.

There are a number of festivals and rituals that symbolize the Jewish identity and stem from the Revelation of the Torah at Sinai. One such ritual is Passover, which commemorates the Exodus of Egypt by the ancient Israelites. This Jewish festival has been key in preserving the importance of the Jews Exodus for many generations. "It is incumbent upon each Jew to identify with the story of the Exodus by elaboration on the original event or by discussions that seek to make the ancient event of liberation relevant in each generation," (Fishbane, 99). In this way, Passover, which stems directly from Jewish mythical history, is a necessary part in realizing true Jewish identity. Yet another holiday that reflects Jewish identity and symbolizes Revelation is Pentecost. This yearly holiday is in reflection of the Revelation at Mt. Sinai an

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