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Terminology
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Holy Days
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Polytheist
What is the correct name for a person who believes in more than one god?
100
4 BCE
What is the approximate year of Jesus' birth?
100
Eucharist
What is the name of the meal that quickly became the center of worship for the early church?
100
Sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
What is the Jewish Sabbath?
100
Apostles
What is the name of the group that made up Jesus' closest followers?
200
Diaspora
What is the name for the area outside of Palestine where Jewish people live?
200
28 C.E.
What is the approximate date of Jesus' death?
200
Meats and cheeses
What are things that have to be kept separately by Jews in order to keep kosher?
200
Rosh Hashanah
What is the Jewish New Year - a ten-day period of repentance and self-examination?
200
Israelis
What is the name of anyone who lives in the modern state of Israel?
300
Christ
What is the Christian term that literally means "anointed one" or "prophet?"
300
60 C.E.
What is the approximate date of the writing of the Gospel of Mark?
300
Seder (or Seder Meal)
What is the name of the traditional Jewish meal that includes unleavened bread and is part of the commemoration of the Passover?
300
Hanukkah
What is the Jewish winter festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in 164 B.C.E.
300
Constantine
What is the name of the emperor who legalized Christianity around the year 312 C.E.?
400
Constantinianism
What is the term for the close association between church and state, named after Constantine for the promotion of religious and civil unity.
400
1900 B.C.E.
What is the approximate date of the time of Abraham and Sarah?
400
Animals with a cloven hoof.
What are animals that cannot be eaten by kosher Jews?
400
Passover
What is the event and remembrance that celebrates the escape of the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery?
400
Alexander the Great
Who is the person responsible for the promotion and spread of Greek culture in the 3rd century B.C.E.?
500
Torah
What is the name for teachings and commandments conveyed by Moses, especially the first five books of the Hebrew Bible?
500
333 B.C.E.
What is the approximate date of the takeover of Persia by Alexander the Great?
500
Kosher
What is the term used to refer to Jewish law dealing with what foods can and cannot be eaten, and how they must be prepared and consumed?
500
Yom Kippur
What is the "Day of Atonement" - the holiest day of the year?
500
Nomads
What is the term for the early Hebrews that means "wandering herders?"