People and Places
What is the name of the man that the Hebrew Bible says was given the 10 Commandments at the top of Mount Sinai?
Moses
What is the Bishop of Rome as head of the Catholic Church called?
The Pope
What is the name of the Christian holy text, made up of the Old Testament and the New Testament?
The Bible
What is the belief in a single God?
Monotheism
What celebrates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the passing over of the forces of destruction (spared the firstborn of the Israelites)?
The Passover
What is the name of the man that the Hebrew Bible says convinced the Pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery?
Moses
God told him to leave Ur and go to Canaan. God also made a covenant with him. If he and his family stayed faithful, Canaan would belong to them, the Promised Land: Who is this describing?
Abraham
In the Christian Bible, what were the personal followers of Jesus during his life called?
Disciples
What was the religious book that consists of the first 5 books of the Hebrew bible?
The Torah
What was the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt?
The Exodus
Who were the ancestors of the Israelites?
The Hebrew People
What are Jewish Religious teachers called?
A Rabbi
What would a story with a religious moral be called?
A Parable
What are the set of laws that told the Israelites how to behave toward God and one another called? (Was given to Moses on Mt. Sinai by God)
The 10 Commandments
What was the scattering of Jews out of Israel and Judah called?
The Diaspora
Where did we read that the Hebrew People originated (or came from)?
Southwest Asia (Mesopotamia would also work)
What was the core group of early followers of Jesus called?
The Apostles
What is it called when someone displays helpfulness toward, or gives to those in need?
Charity
Trinity
What is also called the annual day of judgment, where Jews review their relationship with God?
Yom Kippur
What people did a lot of the information we have about the Hebrew people come from?
Hebrew Scribes
Who was an apostle who helped spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire?
Paul of Tarsus
What would you call an extraordinary event that is not explainable by science?
A Miracle
What is the word that means "to come back to life"?
Resurrection
What is the Jewish Celebration of the New Year on the Jewish Calander called?
Rosh Hashanah