Vocabulary 1
What is the belief that there is only one God?
Monotheism
What is another word for fairness?
Justice
A religious teacher
Rabbi
How were the stories of the Torah passed down before they were written?
By word of mouth
What language is the Hebrew Bible written in?
Hebrew
What is the name of the weekly day of rest?
Sabbath
What is an order to do something? Also, there are ten of these.
Commandment
To force
Compel
True / False: Judaism is one of the world's oldest religions.
TRUE
How many sections is the Hebrew Bible divided into? For an extra 200 points, name all three sections.
Three sections: The Torah, The Prophets, The Writings
This is a person believed to be chosen by God as a messenger to bring truth to people.
Prophet
Jews are to know the difference between right and wrong. What is it called when acting or living in a way that is ethically right and obeys God's laws?
Righteousness
A set of comments or a recorded discussion about something
Commentary
In which area (of land) did Judaism develop?
The Fertile Crescent
What are Psalms?
Poems or songs offering praises or prayers to God
For years, the pharaoh in Egypt kept the Israelites as slaves. What was it called when the Israelites escaped Egypt?
The Exodus
This is a binding agreement. God made this with Abraham.
Covenant
This consists of the first five books of the Hebrew bible
The Torah
The Land of Canaan (which was promised to Abraham by God) is also known as what?
The Promised Land
In ancient Judaism, women has little rights. Name one right women did have.
1. Women could buy and sell land.
2. Women could be asked about who they would marry.
3. Women had the right to take cases to court.
The ideas of right and wrong
ethics
This is a teaching of Judaism. This is the idea that there is one God who created ethical rules. Being faithful to God means following these rules.
Ethical Monotheism
A collection of teachings and commentaries about the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law. Jews still study and discuss this today.
Talmud
Who led the Israelites out of Egypt and was given the Ten Commandments by God?
Moses
When does the Sabbath take place?
The seventh day of the week, or Saturday