History of the Hebrews and Judaism
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| The Hebrews originated in this city | Ur | ||||
| Ur was located in this part of the Fertile Crescent | Mesopotamia | ||||
| Order in which the Hebrews migrated | Ur, Canaan, Egypt, Canaan | ||||
| Led the Hebrews out of Mesopotamia into Canaan | Abraham | ||||
| Led the Hebrews out of Egypt into Canaan | Moses | ||||
| Reasons Hebrews migrated from Canaan to Egypt | Drought and famine in Canaan | ||||
| Name given to the Hebrews movement out of Egypt | Exodus | ||||
| Monotheistic religion founded by the Hebrews | Judaism | ||||
| Man called "The Father of Judaism" | Abraham | ||||
| Worship of one god | monotheism | ||||
| worhip of many gods | polytheistic | ||||
| Defeated the Philistines and became king of the Israelites, and established their capital city in Jerusalem. | David | ||||
| First king of the Israelites | Saul | ||||
| Code of moral laws given to Moses by God | Ten Commandments | ||||
| The Ten Commandments were given to Moses on these | Two stone tables | ||||
| Place where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments | Mt. Sinai | ||||
| What he Hebrews called Canaan | "The Promised Land" | ||||
| Strong king, known for his wisdom, who built a great temple to God in Jerusalem | Solomon | ||||
| Amount of time the Hebrews wandered in the desert after the Exodus before returning to Canaan | 40 years | ||||
| What Hebrews became known as after conquering and settling in Canaan | Israelites | ||||
| The two kingdoms Israel split into after Solomon's death | Israel and Judah | ||||
| The people of Judah became known as | "Jews" | ||||
| The people who defeated Israel and scattered its people | the Assyrians | ||||
| The people who conquered Jerusalem, destroyed Solomon's Temple, and took the Jews into captivity in Babylon were | The Chaldeans | ||||
| The period of time the Jews were enslaved by the Chaldeans is called | "The Babylonian Captivity" | ||||
| Scholars call the scattering of the Jews outside of Canaan after the Babylonian Captivity | "The Diaspora" | ||||
| Solomon's Temple was rebuilt by Jews who returned home after the Babylonian Captivity This temple became known as | "The Second Temple" | ||||
| The Babylonian Captivity ended when the Chaldeans were conquered by | the Persians | ||||
| A Jewish family who led a successful revolt against foreign control | the Maccabees | ||||
| The Second Temple was destroyed by | the Romans | ||||
| A non-Hebrew widow who took care of her mother-in-law, Naomi, adopted her beliefs, and became known as a model of devotion | Ruth | ||||
| The most sacred text of Judaism | The Torah | ||||
| The name of the Hebrew Bible | The Tanach | ||||
| People who are said to receive messages from God to be taught to others | Prophets | ||||
| Name for a Jewish house of worship | Synagogue | ||||
| Scrolls believed to have been written mostly by Jews living between 100 BC and 50 ADthat include prayers, commentaries, letters, and passages from the Hebrew Bible found near the Dead Sea | "The Dead Sea Scrolls" | ||||
| A set of stories, folklore, and commentaries written by scholars to explain The Torah and Jewish laws | The Talmud | ||||
| Jews who didn't think that Jews should answer to anyone but God | Zealots | ||||
| Title given to Jewish religious teachers and leaders | Rabbi | ||||
| Jewish holiday in December honoring the rededication of the Second Temple during the Revolt of the Maccabes | Hanukkah | ||||
| a special candleholder with eight "branches" to symbolize the eight days that the one day supply of oil the Maccabes had on hand miraculously lasted for the celebration ceremony they performed for the rededication of the Second Temple | Menorah | ||||
| holiday celebrated in March or April commemorating the Hebrews' Exodus out of Egypt | Passover | ||||
| a ritual meal eaten during Passover during which participants recall the events of the Exodus | Seder | ||||
| The two most sacred Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur | the High Holy Days | ||||
| Two day celebration of the beginning of a new year in the Jewish calendar | Rosh Hashanah | ||||
| the holiest day of the Jewish year on which Jews fast and ask God to forgive their sins | Yom Kippur | ||||
| Two religions other than Judaism that trace their origins back to Abraham | Christianity and Islam | ||||
| The son of Isaac whose name changes to Israel and who had twelve sons that became the leaders of the Twelve Tribes of Israel | Jacob | ||||
| Son of Jacob who was sold into slavery in Egypt and eventually became an advisor Pharaoh | Joseph | ||||
| Food that meets the holy requirements listed in the Hebrew Bible | Kosher | ||||
| Name the Jews call their God | Yahweh | ||||
| The day set aside for rest | Sabbath | ||||
| known to the Jews as the Western Wall, this is the only remaining part of the Second Temple | Wailing Wall | ||||
| Jewish woman who became Queen of Persia when she married Xerxes I | Esther | ||||
| In the process of putting down a Jewish rebellion against them they destroyed the Second Temple in AD 70 | the Romans |
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Created by:
muciac
on 2009-12-15