Scriptures
The name of the book that recounts the story of Moses and the liberation of Israel from Egypt
What is the book of Exodus?
The english translation of the Hebrew word "Halakhah"
What is law?
The name of the pilgrimmage to Mecca
What is the Hajj?
The founding ancestor of Judaism and often seen as a key ancestor of Christianity and Islam as well.
Who is Abraham?
The Hebrew word that means "hear" and is also the name of the central daily prayer in Judaism.
What is "Shema"?
The chapter of Genesis that contains the Adam and Eve story
What are the Hadith?
The Jewish holiday celebrating the New Year in the Hebrew calendar.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
The angel that revealed the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad?
Who is Gabriel/ Jibreel?
The direction that Muslims pray when performing Salat.
The literal meaning of the word Qur'an
What is "recitation"?
The two books that comprise the Talmud.
What are the Mishna and the Gemara?
The Islamic equivalent of "Kosher" for permitted foods.
What is "halal"?
The first prophet in Islam.
Who is Adam?
The year the second temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans?
What is 70CE?
The name of the opening surah in the Qur'an
What is the fatihah?
The name for the largest umbrella category in Judaism that describes the writings of scholars about the interpretation of the Torah and how to apply that interpretation to daily life.
What is Rabbinic Literature?
The ritual object used in the Jewish high holy days to sonically signal key moments.
What is a shofar?
The name of the first convert to Islam (the first person to follow Muhammad besides his wife Khadijah)?
Who was Ali?
The Hebrew word for "lovingkindness."
What is chessed?
The Hebrew AND English words that make up the acronym Tanakh
What are Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim? / What are Torah, Prophets, and the Writings?
The fundamental religious logic/ main religious reason behind having law in Judaism.
What is the covenant? (Israel's covenant with God)
What you say when you recite the Shahadah.
What is: "There is no God but God, and Muhammad is his prophet"?
The Jewish ruler responsible for the construction of the first Temple in Jerusalem?
Who is King Solomon?
The Jews held in slavery in Egypt were encouraged by God to do this to signal to the angel of death that they should be spared. This is the core event that Passover commemorates.
What is putting lamb's blood above the door?