People
The Father of the Israelites
Abraham
Name the capital of Judah
Jerusalem
Name a type of meat that Jews cannot eat.
pork, shrimp, crab
period of time when the Judeans were sent to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar
Babylonian exile
The most famous Israelite king
David
Name the 2 kingdoms that make up the Nation of Israel.
Judah and Israel
formed the basic moral rules for many nations
The Ten Commandments
Holiday associated with the revolt of the Maccabees
Hannakuh
Delivered the Israelites from Egypt
Moses
Cyrus II let Jews return to Judah and govern themselves. What country was he from?
Persia
the time that Jews consider the Sabbath
sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday
Worship only 1 god
monotheism
This rabbi founded a school in the town of Yavneh to teach the Torah, after he persuaded the Romans to spare the city
Yohanan ben Zaccai
wanted to control Canaan to control the trade routes across that country
Assyrians and Chaldeans
The dietary practice Jews follow
Kosher
Jews who lived out of Judah; Greek word that means “scattered”
diaspora
Priests who broke away from the Temple in Jerusalem and lived in Qumrān near the Dead Sea.
Essenes
name given to Judaea by the Romans; refers to the Philistines
Palestine
played an important role in the development of Christianity and Islam
Judaism
The three parts of the Hebrew Bible
Torah, Prophets, Writings
What role did prophets play in the daily life of Judeans? (2 answers)
They shared words of hope during hard times.
They explained when people were not following the word of God.