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Jewism
Dr. B’s Judaism World religion notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Key Dates BC * Traditional date of Abraham’s birth | 1812 BC |
| Key Dates BC * Traditional date of the Exodus | 1312 BC |
| Key Dates BC * David’s Rule | 1000 BC |
| Key Dates BC The Kingdoms divide | 922 BC |
| Key Dates BC Northern kingdom exiled to Assyria | 722 BC |
| Key Dates BC Biblical Israelite Kingdoms | 1000-586 BC |
| Key Dates BC Destruction of the first temple; Babylonian Exile | 586 BC |
| Key Dates BC Persians allow return from exile | 537 BC |
| Key Dates BC Construction of Second Temple | 352 BC |
| Key Dates BC Revolt of the Maccabees | 164 BC |
| Key Date * Beginning of the Holocaust | 1938 |
| Key Date* Establishment of the state of Israel | 1948 |
| Key Date* 6 Day War, Jerusalem under Jewish control | 1967 |
| Key Date 1,200 Jews and takes hundreds of hostages | October 7, 2023 |
| Key Date Crusades, 4th Lateran Council Key date | 11-13th century |
| Key Date Jews expelled from Spain Key date | 1492 |
| Tanakh-Torah | Nevi’im, and Ketuvim (Law, Prophets, Writings) |
| Talmud | Central text of Rabbinic Judaism, surpassed only by the Torah |
| Mishna | First major written work of rabbinic Judaism, the compilation of the oral tradition |
| Gemara | commentaries on the Mishna together with the Mishnah form the Talmud |
| Mitzvah | (singular) Mitzv0t (plural) –commandments or percepts |
| Midrash | Stories told by the Rabbis to explain the Tanakh |
| Shema Yisrael | The Lord you God is One |
| Halakhah | complete body of law on the path one must walk |
| Holocaust | (Shoah)- the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis |
| Kosher | Food laws pork, meat and dairy cannot be mixed, etc. |
| Anti-Semitism | laws, discrimination, and prejudice against Jews |
| Kabbalah | Jewish mystical tradition (Madonna, Demi Moore, Lindsey Lohan, Brittany Spears) |
| Zionism* | Jewish national movement to create a state for Jews |
| Diaspora* | people who have been dispersed from their traditional homeland |
| Intifada | Palestinian uprisings against Israel |
| Orthodox | strictest branch of Judaism |
| Conservative | Middle of the road branch |
| Reformed | Most liberal branch |
| Humanist | atheistic and about ethics or being good without God |
| Reconstructionist the “Reject the Jews are chosen people” idea. | Not a supernatural revelation but an evolving evolution |
| Key Date: Intifadas, Peace talks Current | 1990 |
| Key Date: Yom Kippur War | 1973 |
| Key Date: Completion of the Talmud | 499 |
| Important key date Destruction of the Temple* | 70AD |
| Bar Mitzvah-Boy * | becomes a full-fledged member of the community |
| Bat Mitzvah-Girl * | becomes a full-fledged member of the community |
| Hannukah* | Hannukah-Festival of Lights, victory of the Maccabees |
| Purim* | Celebration of the triumph of the Jews through Queen Esther |
| Shabbat* | Sabbath |
| Pesach | Passover |
| Rosh Hashanah | Jewish New Year |
| Yom Kippur | Day of Atonement |
| Shavuot | Commemorates the day the Lord gave the Torah (Pentecost) |
| Sukkoth | Commemorates the Tabernacle and the tents in the wilderness |
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