Books and Authors
This word, meaning "instruction," is used to describe both the first five books of the Hebrew Bible and the law.
What is the Torah?
God made a covenant with this man, promising him a son in his old age.
Who is Abraham?
During the time of Moses, the Israelites were enslaved by which people?
The Egyptians.
Exercising dominion over the garden of Eden, this man might be described as the first king in Hebrew scripture.
Who is Adam?
This feast celebrates when the angel of death spared the first born of the Israelites and they were freed from the Egyptians.
What is the Passover?
This Greek word is also used to name the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Pentateuch?
This man received the 10 commandments on Mount Sinai.
Who was Moses?
The people of Judah were conquered by this empire in 587 BC.
Who were the Babylonians?
Perhaps the most famous king in Jewish history, the expected Messiah was to come from his lineage.
Who is David?
This holiday celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and is celebrated in December.
What is Hanukkah?
This man is typically credited as the author of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
Who is Moses?
This man wrestled an angel of God and was renamed Israel.
Who is Jacob?
The northern kingdom, Israel, was conquered by these people in 721 BC.
Who were the Assyrians?
This king built the first temple in Jerusalem, but his infidelity to the covenant led to his downfall.
Who is Solomon?
This holiday celebrates the Jewish new year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
He is credited with having written many of the Psalms.
Who is David?
This man was the prophet who anointed David king of Israel.
Who is Samuel?
The Romans conquered Palestine in 63 BC. This event, in 70 AD, precipitated a revolt that led to the Jewish Diaspora.
What was the destruction of the (second) temple.
The first king of Israel, who grew jealous of the man who would become king after his death.
Who was Saul?
What is Yom Kippur?
These rabbinic writings cite the Mishnah, and are an integral part of Jewish efforts to interpret God's will.
What is the Talmud.
This man led the revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 160s BC.
Who is Judah Maccabee?
This Hebrew word for mass destruction is used to refer to the Holocaust.
What is Shoah?
In the book of Daniel, this Babylonian king has Daniel interpret his dreams, throws Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego into a furnace, and eventually goes mad.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
This meal is the highlight of the Passover celebration.
What is the Seder.