The Early Hebrews
This is the journey that Moses led his people out of Egypt.
What is the Exodus?
The belief in only one God.
What is monotheism?
The name given to the two most important Jewish holy days.
What are the High Holy Days?
Who is Moses?
Jewish house of worship
What is a synagogue?
God gave Moses two stone tablets. On these tablets was written a code of moral laws.
What are the Ten Commandments?
The most sacred text of Judaism.
This is the time for Jews to remember the Exodus, the journey of the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt.
What is the passover?
God told this person to leave his home in Mesopotamia. He was to take his family on a long journey to the west. God promised to lead him to new land and to make his descendants into a mighty nation.
Who is Abraham?
This holiday honors the rededication of the Second Temple during the revolt of the Maccabees
What is Hanukkah?
Moses and Abraham led people to this place.
What is Canaan?
People who are said to receive messages from God to be taught to others.
Who are prophets?
The most rebellious Jewish group.
Who were the Zealots?
David's son took the throne in about 965 BC. He built a great temple to God in Jerusalem.
Who was King Solomon?
Moses led the Hebrews from this place of slavery.
What is Egypt?
The scattering of the Jews outside of Israel and Judah.
These beliefs are most important in this religion: beliefs in one God, education and study, justice and righteousness, and obedience and law.
What is Judaism?
Religious teachers
Who are rabbis?
He was originally a shepherd. He slew the Philistine giant Goliath, which brought him to the attention to the king. He was admired for his military skills and as a poet.
Who is King David?
A set of commentaries, stories, and folklores. The writings were produced between AD 200 and 600.
The people of Judah became known as this group of people.
Who are the Jews?
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
The two main Jewish cultural traditions.
What are Ashkenazim and Sephardim?
This woman left her people to care for her mother-in-law and was seen as a model of devotion to one's family. The Hebrews told of her story as an example of how people should treat family members.
Who is Ruth?
According to the Hebrew bible, God told Abraham to leave this place to move to a new land, Canaan.
What is Mesopotamia?