Week 1
What is the name of this unit?
Sacred Story
What's the name for our relatives that came before us?
ancestors.
Name an ancient civilisation that believed in multiple gods
romans, egyptians, greeks
The Torah is split into two parts. What are they?
What is a parable?
"The English word ‘parable’ comes from the Greek word ‘parabole’ which literally means ‘to place alongside’. So, a parable compares one thing to another
A story that is told through speaking is a part of what tradition?
Oral
What did Jerry Springer's family experience?
The Holocaust
Who is the founder of Islam
Muhammad
The Torah is read in synagogues from what?
Scrolls
Complete the title: Parable of the _______ Son
Prodigal
Ancient peoples used this to tell stories:
Oral tradition or cave paintings
True or False: a characteristic of a good story is one that appeals to the senses...
Who is the founder of Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama
What country did the Jews escape from in the Exodus story?
Egypt
Complete the title: Parable of the Lost ________
Sheep
Religion uses stories to teach what?
morals and ethics
What is the holy text of Islam
Qu'ran
Islam believes in how many main pillars of belief?
5
What is the name of the Biblical woman in the Old Testament starting with R
Ruth
Complete this beatitude: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive
mercy
Connects us, challenges me, tells of the divine, something to live by.
What is the holy text of Judaism
Torah
Siddhartha Gautama was what before he became the Buddha
A prince
What does passover mean?
When the angel of death passed over the houses of Jews during the plagues of Egypt.
The parable of the prodigal son is about forgiveness and
Repentance