Unit Vocabulary
The spreading out of the Jews to foreign lands away from Israel
diaspora
The father of the 12 tribes
Jacob (Israel)
First king of the Israelites
Saul
Jewish place of gathering to study and worship together.
synagogue
There was a famine in Canaan so they went here.
Egypt
The promise that the Jews would have their own great nation in Canaan
Covenant
Led the Israelites out of Egypt
Moses
The Romans chose him to be King and he expanded the second temple in Jerusalem.
Herod
From sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday, Jews observe this.
Isaac
the act of forced removal from ones' homeland
exile
At first he brought peace and built the first temple, but then he married many wives of different places and different religions and forced hard labor and heavy taxes
This king of Israel carried out successful military campaigns, united the tribes and established Jerusalem as the capital city.
David
The first book of the Hebrew bible, contains what the Jews believe for human beginnings and also the story of Noah and the Ark.
Book of Genesis
How many tribes were there? The ___ tribes of Israel.
This means "struggles with God"
Israel
Moved his family from Mesopotamia to Canaan because of the "promise."
Abraham
This king heavily taxed his people to build cities, great buildings and the first temple in Jerusalem.
Solomon
First 5 books of the Hebrew Bible, the Jews call it _______.
The Torah
A messenger of God's word is called this.
prophet
The great archaeological finding of preserved texts of the books of the Hebrew bible found in caves.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The "Jewish star" comes from him and is named after him.
King David
This Babylonian king exiled the jews to Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
in the 200s CE Jewish scholars began to write this. It became the written book for the oral tradition of interpreting the Torah and writing laws for the Jews to follow.
The Talmud
This is a holy place for Jews as well as Christians because Christ died there and Muslims because Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven from there.
Jerusalem