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Abrahamic Religions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abraham | Patriarch of Judaism; established the Covenant with God. |
| Monotheism | The core belief in one god. |
| Torah | The most sacred Jewish text; the first five books of the Hebrew Bible |
| Covenant | The sacred agreement between God and the Jewish people establishing mutual obligations. |
| Exodus | The liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt |
| Diaspora | The scattering of the Jewish people from their ancestral homeland of Israel. |
| Synagogue | The Jewish house of worship |
| Rabbinic Judaism | The form of Judaism developed after 70 CE |
| Jesus Christ | Founder of Christianity; believed to be the Son of God |
| Trinity | The core Christian belief in one God existing as three co-equal persons: Father |
| Gospels | The four sacred texts (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) |
| Paul | The Apostle who successfully argued that Gentile (non-Jewish) converts did not have to follow all Jewish laws. |
| Gentile | The term for a person who is not Jewish. |
| Great Schism | The 1054 CE split that divided the Christian Church into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. |
| Eucharist (Communion) | The central Christian sacrament reenacting Jesus's Last Supper. |
| Golden Rule | The central ethical teaching of Jesus: Treat others as you would want to be treated yourself. |
| Christianality | Rules |
| Bowen | Goat |