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Priests/Rabbis
Holiness Code
Moses
Vocabulary
Shema
100
What was the job of the priest at the time of Moses?
Public worship and sacrifice in the temple
100
What was day of atonement has its rituals described in Leviticus 16?
Yom Kippur
100
Who was Moses' successor?
Joshua
100
A book whose writer was probably an Israelite priest in the time after the Exile, when the Temple was rebuilt in Jerusalem.
What is Leviticus?
100
This is an object with Hebrew written on it and posted on the doorways of Jewish homes.
What is the mezuzah?
200
This book was a handbook of instructions for Israel's worship.
What is Leviticus?
200
What was a jubilee year?
A jubilee year was a bicentennial biblical event when all debts were forgiven, slaves were freed, etc.
200
Did Moses ever reach the Promised Land?
No, but God allowed him to envision it.
200
When Jews began to be sent or forced by circumstances to live in foreign lands away from Jerusalem and their temple.
What is dispersion?
200
This is a small leather box containing Hebrew text worn by Jews.
What is the phylactery (teffilim)?
300
Who were the masters of the Torah's law?
Rabbis
300
What is the major theme of the Holiness Code?
The theme is that worship must be expressed not only in the temple, but in everyday life.
300
What was the Promised Land?
Canaan
300
This book's title comes from the census mentioned in its first part, which reports exaggerated numbers of Israelites.
What is The Book of Numbers?
300
What is the Shema?
The Hebrew prayer of utmost importance recited daily.
400
Aside from their teaching, what legal decisions were Rabbis responsible for?
Marriages, contracts, etc.
400
What group of people does the Holiness Code emphasize having sympathy for?
The poor and vulnerable.
400
How did the Hebrew scouts describe the Promised Land?
Wealthy, good for farming, occupied by giants, strong cities
400
The event that biblically occurs every 50 years to clear debts.
What is a jubilee?
400
How did the book of Deuteronomy come to be?
It was found by King Josiah during construction on the temple.
500
What was the Sanhedrin?
It was the supreme court held in the temple by rabbis.
500
Why does the Holiness Code hold blood of any creature in such high esteem?
All blood is sacred because it is a symbol of life, a gift from God.
500
Who felt God's wrath after rebelling by contracting leprosy?
Miriam
500
Ch. 17-26 of Leviticus contain this set of remarkable teachings.
What is The Holiness Code?
500
What book is the origin of Deuteronomy described in?
2 Kings