Important People
Who is the man whose descendants became the nation of Israel
Who is Abraham
What is the name of a place where the Jews gather for worship
What is a Synagogue
What is a celebration that honors the Lord’s deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
What is the Passover
What is the name of thevfirst five books of the Old Testament
What is the Torah
What is the agreement in which God promised to give His Holy Spirit and to transform the hearts of His people to love and obey him
What is the New Covenant
Who was the last judge in Israel and appointed the first king of Israel
Who is Samuel
What is the name of the river east of Israel that flows through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea
What is the Jordan River
What was the name for the Israelites’ departure from Egypt
What is the Exodus
What is the Hebrew name for the one True God
What is Yahweh
What is the agreement in which God promised to establish David’s throne forever
What is the Davidic Covenant
Who was the Jew who was chosen to be queen by King Xerxes of Persia and whom God used to save the Israelites in Babylon from destruction
Who is Esther
What is the capital of Israel
What is Jerusalem
What is the restoration of the broken relationship between God and people
What is Atonement
What is the name given to the Greeks and other people who are not Jew
What is the Gentiles
What is the agreement in which God promised Abraham that his descendants would become a great nation and that through him all the nations of the world would be blessed
What is the Abrahamic Covenant
Who led the Jewish revolt against the Seleucids in the second century BC
Who is Judas Maccabeus
What is the nation God made from the descendants of Jacob; named after God’ special name for Jacob; the name of the Northern Kingdom after Israel split into two kingdoms
What is Israel
What is the yearly Jewish celebration of the rededication of the temple after the victory over the Seleucids
What is Hanukkah
What is the monotheistic religion of the Jews
What is Judaism
What is the agreement in which God gave the nation of Israel His law through Moses
What is the Mosaic Covenant
Who was the Seleucid king who became ruler of Judea in 176 BC
Who is Antiochus IV
What is the portable place of worship used by the Israelites in the wilderness; symbolized God’s presence with the people
What is the Tabernacle
What is the feast that lasted 7 days to celebrate God leading the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt
What is the Feast of Unleavened Bread
What is the Greek translation of the Old Testament
What is Septuagint
What is an army consisting of three to six thousand soldier
What is a Legion