History
In 1800B.C.E., Abraham and his wife Sarai left their home in _____ and travelled to the Land of _____as God commanded.
What is Ur & Canaan?
The core "ism" that unites Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
What is "monotheism"?
The common patriarch of Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Who is Abraham?
The Hebrew word for the Holocaust.
What is "shoah"?
The weekly Catholic ritual that celebrates and recalls the events of the Last Supper.
What is "Mass"?
This event in 70 C.E. prompted dramatic changes in the lives of the Jewish people.
What is the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem?
What is "Palestine" or "Israel"?
Three of Jacob's sons.
An agreement of mutual faithfulness.
What is "covenant"?
Jewish festival that marks the liberation from Egyptian slavery.
What is "Passover"?
(will accept "Seder Meal" with explanation)
These two cultural groups evolved in the Jewish diaspora.
What is Ashkenazim and Sephardim?
Most early Christians were Jews who believed that Jesus was this.
What is the Messiah?
The tribe of Muhammad.
What is Quraysh?
A separation of two churches on the basis of a dispute over beliefs or practices.
What is "Schism"?
The Jewish New Year.
What is "Rosh Hashanah"?
By the late 1800's, many Jews supported this movement to establish a Jewish state in Palestine.
What is Zionism?
Catholic belief that souls require purification during this stage of the afterlife.
What is Purgatory?
Moses's mission is linked to this earlier tale from the family story book.
What is the story of Joseph in Egypt?
The special title given to the Bishop of Rome.
What is "Pope"?
The rite of passage of circumcision for a newborn male.
What is "Brit Milah" or "Bris"?
The Eastern and Western Churches battled a common enemy during this series of events from ca. 1095 - 1274.
What is the Crusades?
What is "sola fide"?
In Islamic tradition, God demanded the sacrifice of this son.
Who is Ishmael/Isma'il?
What are "disciples" and "apostles'"?
The use of these images in prayer caused controversy prior to the Great Schism.
What are "icons"?