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59 Cards in this Set
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This means rule
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Canon
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plural for books, many books
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biblia
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means teaching
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Torah
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the 5 scrolls are called
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pentateuch
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means study
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Talmud
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a revelation or appearance of God
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Theophany
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a contract; the contract between the Hebrews and their God, Yahweh
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Convenant
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the father of judhaism
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Abraham
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liberation from slavery
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passover
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place where moses gets the 10 commandements/ torah
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Sinai
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10 commandements/10 words
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decalogue
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commandment plural. boy girl
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Mitzvoth. Bar and Bat mitzvah
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defeated israel
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Assyrians
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destruction of historical representation
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10 Lost Tribes
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Defeated Judah
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Babylonians
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nevi'im
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prophets
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rest; the seventh day of the week a day of prayer and rest from work
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sabbath
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a religious teacher jewish minister
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Rabbis
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priestly; viewed only the torah as sacred/inspired
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sadducees
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emphasized keeeping the laws accepted a wider cannon, and oral tradition
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pharisees
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a patriotic faction opposing Roman rule
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Zealots
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Communal, celibate, desert life
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essenes
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a savior figure to be sent by od, awaited by the Jews
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messiah
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Phylacteries; two small boxes containging biblical passages that are worn by orthodox males on their head and left arm at morning prayer during the week
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tefilin
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a small container containing scripture
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mezuzah
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food that is ritually clean fit
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kosher/kashrut
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a rams horn
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shofar
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Beginning tof the year; the celebration of the Jewish New Year; occurring in the seventh lunar month
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Rosh Hashanah
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Day if Atonement, the most sacred day of the Jewish year
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Yom Kippur
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holy burn, extermination
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holocause or Shoah
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movement of jewish nationalism
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zionism
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is a specific branch of theology and philosophy that attempts to reconcile the existence of evil or suffering in the world with the assumption of a benevolent God —ie. the problem of evil. An attempt to reconcile the co-existence of evil and God
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theodicy
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the dispersion of Jews beyond israel, particularyly to Persia, Eguypt, and the Mediterraneana region
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diaspora
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What are the three unique dimensions of jewish religious identity?
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1.God
2. Israel 3. Torah which means: amonotheistic religion, and historical culture and people, and a literary/legal traditon. |
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What are the two major divisoins of Jewish history?
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Biblical and rabbinical judaism
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what time period was Establishing a homeland? What was significant?
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1800 BCE
Avraham's family history to egyptian slavery |
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What time period was the Babylonian Exile? What is significant
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586BCE
Destructoin of 1st temple and kingdom of Judah. Development of synagogue. 2nd temple period; |
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When was the 2nd temple period?
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515BCE
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What time period was the destruction of the 2nd temple by Rome & Diaspora(disperson) of the Jews?
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70 CE
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What time period was the Reform(response to the Enlightenment)?
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1800CE new branches of Judaism. Holocaust and Zionism
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What's the primary "cultic" difference between Biblical and Rabbinical Judaism?
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A) priest- sacrifices-temple
B) rabbis- torah-synagogue |
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What are the three sections of the hebrew bible?
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Torah, Nevi'im, Kethuvim
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Comprises 5 books. Another name is the Pentateuch. considered to be the books of moses
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Torah
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writings. Imaginative; sotries, proverbs, psalms
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Kethuvium
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the Northern 10 tribes that were defeated by Assyria in 722 BCE. Capital is Samaria
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Israel
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The Southern 2 tribes. Capital in Jerusalem. Defeated by Babylonia in 586 BCE
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Judah
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What are the four factions or movements developed during the Second Temple period?
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Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots, Essenes
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The Babylonian Talmud was developed in _____? how important is it
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600 CE. Second most important body of Jewish Literature
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What are the 4 Mitzvot(commandments)?
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1. Kashrut
2. synagogue 3. feasts 4. sabbath |
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Jews who lived in or came from central Europe
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Ashkenazid Jews
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Jews of Spain, Morocco, and the Mediterranean region
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Sephardic Jews
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What is the Ashkendazid Jews language?
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Yiddish
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What is the Sephardic Jews language?
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Ladino
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What are the 4 branches of modern Judaism?
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1. Orthodox
2. conservative 3. reform 4. reconstructionist |
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this branch of judaism is commited to tradional beliefs and practice
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orthodox
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this branch of judaism accepts moderate change and protects tradition while carefully guiding change
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conservative
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this branch of judaism's goal is to thoroughly modernize Judaism questoin every tradition, to relate and survive in the contemporary world
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reform
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this branch of judaism is a secular and cultural vision of judaism. freedom of individual interpretation. traditional elements are evolving, useful eymbols
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Reconstructionist
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What are at least three of the ways that Jews see their special role among humans and in history?
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1. A role that believes is to witness to the one God and to do his will in the world.
2. Others believe that their role is to suffer for a purpose known to God. 3. To bring a sense of justicve to a world that often has none. |