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16 Cards in this Set
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Torah |
Judaism's most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible |
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Israelite |
an early name for Jewish people |
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Judaism |
that first religion to worship one God, developed among the ancient Israelites |
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Tradition |
an inherited or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior |
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Israel |
the Israelites' kingdom; divided about 930 B.C.E. into two kingdoms called Judah and Israel |
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Slavery |
the state of a person who is treated as the property of another |
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Jerusalem |
the holiest city of the Jews; capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and then Judah |
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Covenant |
an agreement or promise |
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Ten Commandments |
ten laws and teaching said to have been given to Moses by God |
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polytheism |
the belief that there are many gods |
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monotheism |
the belief that there is only one god |
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Talmud |
the collection of ancient Jewish writings, or commentaries, that interpret the laws and teaching of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh |
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ethics |
a set of moral principles or values |
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exile |
to banish or expel from one's own country or home |
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Jewish Diaspora |
the scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland, beginning about 586 B.C.E |
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Yavneh |
an ancient city in Israel that became a center for Jewish learning |