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What are the 3 meanings of "Torah" |
1) first 5 books of Moses 2) the entire Jewish Bible (Tanakh; written Torah) 3) the whole body of Jewish law and teaching |
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What is the Tanakh? |
Combination of the Torah (law), Nevi'im (prophets), and Ketuvim (writings) |
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what is Talmud |
the talmud comes from oral tradition, explaining what the scriptures mean and their interpretation also contains commentaries from rabbis |
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what does a "covenant" refer to in Judaism? |
Jews believe that their is a mutual covenant between God and His people, specifically of a successful people with their own homeland |
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what does diaspora refer to? |
diaspora refers to the dispersion of Jews from their homeland |
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what is the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls? |
the Dead Sea Scrolls contained the oldest known recording of the Hebrew Bible |
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what is zionism? |
zionism is the movement for Jews to establish a state of Israel for the Jewish people |
