Defintions
What does Abraham mean?
father of many nations
Who is Abraham?
the first Hebrew patriarch
What is the torah?
jewish scripture
what is the tanakhan?
Jewish sacred writings.
What is the shoah?
The Holocaust
What is monotheism?
the belief in one God or deity
Who is sarah?
wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
What are the five books of the torah?
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
What is the difference between the torah and the tanakh?
The Torah contains the law of God as Moses received it and consists of the first five books of the Tanakh
what is the shema?
a central Jewish prayer affirming the oneness of God
what is polytheism?
the belief in or worship of more than one god.
Who is isaac?
he son of Abraham and Sarah
true or false: the torah is a part of the Catholic bible?
true
three parts of the tanakh?
Torah (Instruction, or Law, also called the Pentateuch), Neviʾim (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).
three groups of judaism?
Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform
What is a covenant?
a binding agreement between God and humanity
Who is Ishmael and Hagar?
Ishmael is Abraham's firstborn son, born to his wife Sarah's handmaiden Hagar
who wrote the torah?
moses
why is the tanakh important?
providing a record of Jewish history, ethical guidelines, and religious teachings
what branch is the strictest?
orthodox
Who is jacob?
Hebrew patriarch who was the grandson of Abraham