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Origins of Hebrews
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Kingdom and Captivity
Rome and Judea
The Basics
100
Stone tablets containing the social and religious laws given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai.
What are the Ten Commandments?
100
Name used for the migration of the Israelite's from Egypt.
What is the Exodus?
100
The temple in __________ became the center of religious life for the Israelite's.
What is Jerusalem?
100
A teacher who set up a school where Jewish scholars could study, which helped preserve Jewish traditions.
Who is Yohanan ben Zaccai?
100
______________ led the Hebrews out of Egypt.
Who is Moses?
200
A binding agreement that Hebrews believed existed between Abraham and God.
What is a covenant?
200
A man considered to be the father of the Hebrew people.
Who is Abraham?
200
_____________ was the Persian king who conquered Babylonia and freed the Jewish exiles from captivity.
Who is Cyrus?
200
The movement of the Jews to other parts of the world.
What is the Diaspora?
200
The 50 years that Jewish exiles spent in Babylon is known as ______________.
What is the Babylonian Captivity?
300
Highly respected men and women of the community who gave advice on legal matters and helped settle conflicts.
What are judges?
300
A person who helped the Israelite's leave slavery in Egypt.
Who is Moses?
300
The _________________ under King ______________ destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem and took thousands of Jews as slaves.
What are Babylonians and Nebuchadnezzar?
300
A man who led rebel forces in their fight against the Syrians.
Who is Judah Maccabeus?
300
Jewish houses of study, prayer, and worship are called _____________.
What are synagogues?
400
Land located within the Fertile Crescent that became the home of the Hebrew people.
What is Canaan?
400
Present-day name for the religion of the Hebrew people.
What is Judaism?
400
Spiritual leaders who the Jewish people relied upon for advice were known as ______________.
What are prophets?
400
Land to which the Jews returned after being freed from captivity.
What is Judah?
400
A Jewish religious teacher and leader is called _________.
What is a rabbi?
500
Name for the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Torah?
500
In the ancient world, the worship of many gods, but then Abraham introduced this form of worship.
What are polytheism and monotheism?
500
The first king of the Israelite's was _________, a military leader who led forces against the Philistines.
Who is Saul?
500
People who conquered Judah in 63 BC, thus ending less than a century of self-rule for the Jews.
Who are the Romans?
500
____________ oversaw many building projects, including the Temple of Jerusalem.
Who is Solomon?