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Vocab
The Early Hebrews
Jewish Beliefs and Texts
Judaism over the Centuries
Miscellaneous
100
He left Mesopotamia and went to Canaan following God's instructions
Who is Abraham?
100
The part of the Christian Bible that is similar to the Hebrew Bible
What is the Old Testament?
100
The most sacred text of Judaism
What is the Torah?
100
The celebrations of the rededication of the Second Temple during the time of the Maccabees
What is Hanukkah?
100
The journey of the Israelites out of Egypt
What is the Exodus?
200
He led the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
Who is Moses?
200
The group of Americans used Moses and the Exodus as inspiration and hope
Who are the slaves?
200
The number of parts that make up the Hebrew Bible
What are three parts?
200
This holiday is celebrated in March or April
What is Passover?
200
Religious teachers
What are rabbis?
300
The dispersal of Jews throughout the world
What is Diaspora?
300
The name of the moral laws given to Moses?
What are the Ten Commandments?
300
The two major set of moral laws that Jews follow
What are the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic Laws
300
These holidays are celebrated in September and October
What are the High Holy Days?
300
This caused the Egyptian pharaoh to release the Israelites
What are plagues?
400
Belief in one god
What is monotheism?
400
This king defeated the Philistines and established the capital of Israel in Jerusalem
Who is King David?
400
Writings by Jews who lived about 2,000 years ago
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
400
The High Holy Days
What are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
400
The period of time when The Chaldeans enslaved thousands of Jews
What is the Babylonian Captivity?
500
A group of people who led a revolt against the Romans and killed themselves rather than become slaves for the Romans
Who are the Zealots?
500
This king increased trade, made allies, and built a great temple to God in Jerusalem?
Who is King Solomon?
500
The Jewish house of worship
What is a synagogue?
500
The Mediterranean Region, Asia, Russia, and eventually the U.S.
What are the places Jewish people settled?
500
The family that led a revolt against foreign rule
Who are the Maccabees?