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Judaism Vocab
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| The religion of the Hebrews and Israelites (practiced by Jews today); the oldest monotheistic religion | Judaism |
| The journey of the Israelites, led by Moses, from Egypt to Canaan after they were freed from slavery | Exodus |
| In the Bible, a code of moral laws given to Moses by God | 10 Commandments |
| Jewish communities outside the ancient Jewish homeland; from a Greek word meaning dispersion or scattering | Diaspora |
| The belief in only a single God or god | Monotheism |
| The first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and most sacred text of Judaism | Torah |
| A Jewish house of worship | Synagogue |
| A person believed to have been chosen by God to be a messenger & bring truth to the people | Prophet |
| A collection of oral teachings (sermons) & commentaries (thoughts & understandings) about the Hebrew Bible, Jewish law, and daily life in Judaism | Talmud |
| Writings about Jewish beliefs created about 2,000 yrs ago; they were found in 1947 | Dead Sea Scrolls |
| Radical Jews who supported rebellion against the Romans | Zealots |
| A Jewish religious leader and teacher | Rabbi |
| A holiday in which Jews remember Exodus | Passover |
| The two most sacred of all Jewish holidays- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur | High Holy Days |
| The Israelite people | Hebrews; Jews |
| Promise | Covenant |
| The entire Hebrew Bible | Tanakh |
| Wrote the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible | Moses |
| Coming of age ceremony | Bar/Bat Mitzvah |
| Festival of lights | Hanukkah |