Ancient Israelite Religion
How was the Ancient Israelite religion different from other religions of the time?
They believed in one God no many gods and godesses.
The kingdom that the Ancient Israelites established in approximately 1000 B.C.
What is Canaan?
What language did the ancient Israelites speak?
What is Hebrew?
What does exile mean?
To be forced to leave one's homeland.
**Daily Double**
Which prophet taught that both the rich and the poor needed to obey God’s word?
Who is Micah
The ancient Israelite religion is known as what religion today?
What is Judaism?
What was the capital of Judah?
What is Jerusalem?
How many tribes were there of Israel?
12
What is an important part of the Torah called that help shape moral law by stating a number of laws and ways to live?
The 10 Commandments
What are the Jewish leaders and the teachers of the Torah called?
Who are rabbis?
What two religions did Judaism influence?
What is Christianity and Islam
Today, what three countries are where Canaan was during the Ancient Israelite time?
1. Lebanon
2. Israel
3. Jordon
The Israelites believed they were descendants from a man named ______?
Who is Abraham?
What were these laws, the agreement from God and the Israelites and the explanation of what God considered right and wrong called?
The Torah
What is a proverb?
A wise saying
**Daily Double**
What is monotheism?
The belief in one god.
What was the name of the capital city that David established?
Jerusalem
What was one of the Phoenicians most important ideas that influenced Greece, then Rome, and is the basis for the one we use today?
What is the alphabet?
What is Passover?
When the last of 10 plagues we sent to kill all first born children, except for those Israelites who marked their doors with lambs blood.
Why did the Assyrians and Chaldean want to control the land belonging to the Israelites?
They wanted to control the trade routes that passed through the land of the Israelites.
The Israelites wrote down their beliefs, history, and many of their laws in the ___________?
What is the Hebrew Bible
What new Jewish nation was created in 1948 from dividing Palestine?
What is Israel?
During the Israelites’ exile, what did the Israelite religion change to be called?
What is Judaism?
What does Exodus mean?
The Israelites escape from Egyptian slavery.
Exodus.... movement of the people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv584jRwh0s
When do Jewish people recall the cleansing of the temple from the Greek Gods and Goddess back to the God of Israel?
What is Hanukkah?