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18 Cards in this Set
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Abraham
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Head of his tribe. Founder of Judaism. Moved his tribe from UR to Canaan. Made a covenant(deal) with God.
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Yahweh
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Jewish name for god. All knowing, without fault, and without form.
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Moses
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Hebrew who wrote the ten commandments and led Israelites to Canaan. 2nd great leader of ancient Hebrew.
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Pentateuch
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Story of Moses; contains five books: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Genesis, Deuteronomy
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Convenant
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A promise, deal or contract
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Synagogue
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Jewish place of worship
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Rabbi
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Spiritual leader of synagogue
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Talmud
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Collection of oral laws that were put into written form.
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Torah
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Contains first five books of the old testament
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Hebrews
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Ancient people that lived in Canaan later called the Jews
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Monotheism
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Belief in a single god.
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The Exodus
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When Hebrews left Egypt because of drought and threst of famine.
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The Ten Commandments
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Laws of Yahweh that became basis for civil and religious laws of Judaism.
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Prophets
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Religious teachers that believed they had been chosen as messangers to reveal God's will.
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Tribute
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peace gift to god or ruler
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Israel
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New Kingdom of the Jewish
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Jerusalem
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Capital city of Israel.
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Solomon
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Most powerful Hebrew King.
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