Hebrews (Early Israelites)
Exodus and Ten Commandments
The Hebrew Bible
Basic Teachings of Judaism
The Jewish People
100
The belief that there is only one God
What is monotheism?
100
This person was an Israelite that was adopted by pharaoh's family; he became the leader of the Israelites.
Who is Moses?
100
This is a word for sacred writings.
What is Scripture?
100
This is a word for a Jewish teacher.
What is rabbi?
100
This was a leader who could rally the Israelites to defend their land. They were usually warriors or prophets.
What is a judge?
200
This is the Jewish name for the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Hebrew Scriptures).
What is Torah?
200
This person was in charge of the Israelites after the Exodus story and as they entered Canaan again.
Who is Joshua?
200
This is a person believed to be chosen by God as a messenger to bring truth to the people.
What is a prophet?
200
This word means acting or living in a way that is ethically right and when one obeys God's laws.
What is righteousness?
200
This is the house of worship or meeting place of Jewish people.
What is a synagogue?
300
This is the birthplace of Abraham, founder of the Jewish faith.
What is Ur (in Mesopotamia)?
300
This is the length of time that Israelites wandered in the desert after the Exodus.
What is 40 years?
300
This is the language that most of the Jewish Scriptures were written.
What is Hebrew?
300
This is the day that Jewish people consider the Sabbath.
What is Saturday?
300
This is a term for when communities of Jewish people lived outside of their homeland like when they were sent to Babylonia.
What is Diaspora?
400
These are the two promises of God in his covenant with Abraham.
What is countless descendants and the land of Canaan as his new homeland?
400
Be able to name 3 of the 10 Commandments.
What is a.) I am the Lord your God (only god). b.) Have no other gods besides me, etc. c.) Do not use God's name in vain. d.) Remember to keep the Sabbath holy. e.) Honor your father and mother. f.) Do not kill. g.) Do not commit adultery. h.) Do not steal. i.) Do not bear false witness, etc. j.) Do not covet your neighbor's wife or things?
400
This is a Jewish text finished around 600 AD which is a collection of oral teachings and commentaries about Hebrew Scriptures and Jewish law.
What is the Talmud?
400
These are two examples of ways that Jewish people show love for others.
What are works of charity, fighting against discrimination, or fighting for human rights?
400
This was the year that the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
What is 70 AD?
500
These are two of the patriarchs of the Jewish faith.
Who are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's sons?
500
This is the time period when the Exodus story occurred.
What is the 1200 or 1300's BC?
500
These are the three parts (divisions) of the Hebrew Bible.
What are the law, the writings, and the wisdom parts?
500
According to the book, this is probably the most important teaching of Judaism. This is the idea that there is one God who sets down ethical rules. Being faithful to God means following these rules.
What is ethical monotheism?
500
Name one of the legacies of the Jewish faith.
What is the teaching about one supreme, invisible God who created everything OR what is the idea that Abraham is a founding father of the faith and Moses is one of God's messengers OR what are the Hebrew Scriptures (Hebrew Bible) OR what is the Judeo-Christian tradition?
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