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100
These three religions are all considered to be Abrahamic Faiths.
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
100
God enters into a covenant with this historical figure.
Who is Abraham.
100
Where the Wailing Wall and the Temple Mount are located.
What is Jerusalem.
100
A binding agreement or contract.
What is a covenant.
100
The political and economic context in which medieval Christianity developed.
What is Feudalism.
200
The year the second Jewish Temple was destroyed by the Romans. Also the year the Gospel of Mark was written.
What is 70 C.E.
200
A first-century Jewish group that were associated with the oral Torah and synagogues.
Who are the Pharisees.
200
Where Constantine built the new seat of the Roman empire.
What is Constantinople.
200
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Pentateuch or Torah.
200
The text with which the Essenes are associated.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls.
300
The year the Jews were driven out of Spain to Eastern Europe
What is 1492
300
The person associated with solidifying the major concept of original sin Western Christianity.
Who is Augustine.
300
The type of Judaism known for an openness to secular society.
What is Reform Judaism.
300
The term meaning "faith alone" that can be identified with Martin Luther.
What is "sola fide"
300
The continent that, according to statistics, is predicted to have the largest number Christians in the future.
What is Africa.
400
What Martin Luther did in 1517 that helped start the Protestant Reformation.
What is nail his "95 theses" to the door of the Wittenberg church.
400
He wanted Jews to have their own state of Israel
Who is Theodore Herzl
400
The type of Christianity that is characterized by an emphasis on a mystical union with God.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
400
The term that literally means "good news."
What is gospel.
400
The people that the author of the Gospel of Matthew was mainly writing to.
Who are Jewish Christians who were Torah-observant.
500
Both of these were called to order to define the nature of Jesus in relationship to God the father.
What are the Council of Nicaea and the Council of Chalcedon.
500
The Archbishop of the Latin American country of El Salvador.
Who is Oscar Romero.
500
The place where the Israelites dealt with their exile experience, according to the chapter we read called "The Shadow of God."
What is Babylon.
500
Defined as separating people's lives into public and private spheres.
What is modernity.
500
The fastest-growing form of Christianity, globally.
What is Pentecostalism.
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