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Sacred Story
Sacred Belief and Practice
Sacred Place and Space
Sacred Time
History
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Commentaries on the stories in the bible. "Does God have a big toes?" Explanations, fan fictions, regarding the Torah and Talmud
What is the midrash?
100
The Sh'ma
What is the central belief of the Jewish faith?
100
The dwelling place of God in the Jewish tradition.
What is the Holy of Holies?
100
The Spring festival cycle, including the feasts of Shauvot and Pesach (Passover)?
What is the Nisan Cycle?
100
The first Jew.
Who is Abraham?
200
The three divisions of the TaNaKh
What is the Torah, the Nevi'um, and the Ket'vium?
200
The belief unique to the Ancient Israelites. Shared by the Christians and Muslims.
What is monotheism?
200
The holiest city, where the first and second temple was built, and where the third is prophesized.
What is Jerusalem?
200
The Day of Atonement
What is Yom Kippur?
200
The person responsible for the destruction of the second Temple and kicking the Jews out of Palestine.
Who is the Emperor Hadrian?
300
All Christians agree on this many books of the Old Testament.
What is 39?
300
The Bible is free from error in all things to do with faith and morals, although not necessarily in matters of science, history, or geography.
What is the Catholic understanding of inerrancy?
300
Gained prominence as place of worship after the destruction of the Temple.
What is the synagogue?
300
Highest Christian feast
What is Easter?
300
Burial rituals from 300,000 years ago.
What is the most ancient evidence of religion?
400
The relationship between the Old Testament and the New; the reason Christians value the Old.
What is the fulfillment of the Old Testament in the New Testament?
400
The mark of the covenant given to Jewish boys, 8 days after birth.
What is circumcision?
400
The place where Jesus was buried. Held sacred in Christian traditions.
What is the Church of the Holy Sepulcher?
400
The Catholic liturgy has echoes of this Jewish feast.
What is the feast of Passover?
400
The split between the Eastern and Western Church in 1054 CE.
What is the Great Schism?
500
The Oral Torah
What is the Talmud?
500
The Catholic belief that the bread and wine become the literal body and blood of Christ.
What is transubstantiation?
500
The holiest place for Catholics.
What is the tabernacle?
500
The reason Sunday is the Sabbath in the Christian faith.
What is in recognition of Jesus' resurrection?
500
Rabbi of the Good Name, responsible for the beginning of the Hasidic Jewish Movement
Who is Rabbi Israel Ben Elizir?