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23 Cards in this Set
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What was the exodus?
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Moses led his people out of Egypt in a journey called the Exodus.
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What were the Ten Commandments?
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A code of moral laws known as the Ten Commandments.
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What was the Diaspora?
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The scattering of the Jews after the Babalonian Captivity called the Diaspora.
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What was Judaism?
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Judaism is a Jewish religon based on beliefs in God, education, justice, and obidience.
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What was Monotheism?
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The belief in only one God is called Monotheism.
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What was the Torah?
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The most sacred text of Judiasm was called the Torah.
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What was a synogogue?
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A public place where Jews worship Gods and other beliefs.
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What were Prophets?
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People who are said to recieve messages from God to be taught to others.
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What was the Talmud?
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A set of commontaries, stories, and folktale. The writtings of the Talmud were produced between AD 200 and 600.
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What were the Dead Sea Scrolls?
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Writtings by Jews who lived about 2,000 years ago. They were found by two boys looking for their lost goat in a cave.
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Who were the Zealots?
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The most rebellious of these Jews were a group called the Zealots.
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What was the Passover?
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The Passover is a time for the Jews to remember the Exodus.
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What were the High Holy Days?
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The two most sacred of all Jewish holy days.
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What were Rabbis?
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Teachers who interpet religous writtings. They also helped mold the way Judiasim was practiced.
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Who was Abraham?
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Biblical figure, according to the bible, God eld Abraham to Canaan, and Abraham's decendants became the Jewish people.
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Who was Moses?
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Biblical figure, according to the bible, he led the Hebrew people out of Egypt and back to Canaanin called the Exodus. During his journey, Moses recieved the Ten Commandments from God.
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Who was Saul?
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Saul was the first king of Israel. Saul had some sucsses as a military commander, but he was not a strong king. He never won the peoples total respect.
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Who was David?
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King of Israel, he deafeted the Philistines and established the capital in Jerusalem as a governmental and religous center.
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Who was Solomon?
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King of Israel, he formed alliances with nearby kingdoms and built a temple to God in Jerusalem.
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What was the Zealot Revolt?
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The Jews revolt against Rome in 66 AD led to one of the greatest catastrophys in Jewish life, in retrospect, might well been a terible mistake.
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What was the Masada?
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A isolated mountain on the western shore of the Dead Sea. Masada was turned by King Herod the Great.
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What was Hanukkah?
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Hanakkah was a Jewish tradition to celebrate this holiday for the rededication of the Second Temple. Maccsbees honored being allowed to practice their religion while under non - Jewish rulers.
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What was Yom Kippur?
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Yom Kippur was the holiest Jewish holiday throughout the whole year.
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