Judaism

The Book of Exodus

God's encounter with Moses at Mount Sinai

Recalls the rededication of the Second Temple

Hanukkah

The devotional Jewish movement founded by Israel ben Eliezer in Central Europe is called the movement.

Hasidic

Identify a true statement about Hasidism.

Hasidism emphasized the beauty of everyday life and the physical world.

Identify a prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

Isaiah

the writings

Ketuvim

The common language of the Sephardic Jews was termed _____.

Ladino

Sukkot

Late-harvest festival

Identify the contents of the Torah, a section in the Hebrew Bible. (Check all that apply.)

Laws about daily conduct and religious ritual Stories of the creation of the world

Identify the practices that are part of Orthodox Judaism. (Check all that apply.)

Men use the tallit and tefillin at weekday morning prayer. A quorum (minyan) of 10 Jewish males is required for a service to be conducted.

The set of central Jewish beliefs was first formulated by the medieval scholar _____.

Moses Maimonides

the prophets

Nevi'im

Identify a belief that is part of Orthodox Judaism.

Orthodox Jews believe in not doing any manual labor on the Sabbath.

Recalls the departure of the Hebrews from Egypt

Pesach

The _____ focused on preserving Hebrew piety through careful observation of religious laws and traditions.

Pharisees

Recalls the divine protection given to Jews at the time of Esther and her uncle, Mordecai

Purim

Judaism developed from the work of the Pharisees.

Rabbinical

_____ considers elements of Jewish belief, such as prophecy and revealed law, which traditional Jews interpret literally as useful symbols.

Reconstructionism

The movement questioned and modernized traditional Judaism and helped produce the diverse branches within Judaism that exist today.

Reform

The Temple of Jerusalem was rededicated to the worship of Israel's one God after the Jews took back the rule of the country from the _____.

Seleucids

The name comes from a mythic land of Sephar, once thought to exist in the distant west of Israel and often identified with Spain.

Sephardic

Pesach

Springtime festival

Recalls the wandering of the early Hebrews after they left Egypt

Sukkot

The encyclopedic commentary on the Hebrew scriptures is called the _____.

Talmud

Concentrate on the history of the Israelite kingdom

The Former Prophets

Voices of the individual prophets dominate

The Latter Prophets

Which event led to traditional Judaism being termed as Orthodox?

The beginning of the Reform movement

Identify the historical event that led to the development of the Sabbath service of worship.

The period of exile in Babylonia

Identify a feature of the creation stories in the Hebrew Bible.

They do not represent God as a pure spirit.

The Teaching

Torah

The sacred core of the Hebrew Bible is the _____.

Torah

Hanukkah

Winter festival

what do jews believe

Yahweh is one formless, all-knowing eternal creator and judge

The Falashas among Beta Israel practice a form of Judaism that accepts _____.

a somewhat different canon of scripture than most Jews

Rabbinical judaism

after the second temple is destroyed, jews are scattered (diaspora) all over the world. The land and temple-based religion shifts away from the land and the temple and to the texts in the hebrew bible

Reconstructionism views Judaism as a _____.

changing cultural force with many elements and manifestations

Abraham spiritual father, connection to jewish past

christianity

Biblical judaism

he judaism represented in the hewbrew bible-- before the destruction of the second temple. This is a land and temple-based ceremonial religion

The second part of the Tanakh, called the Prophets, is named after the _____.

individuals who spoke in God's name to the Jewish people

Abraham through Hagar and Ishmael

islam

Abraham historical father, first covenant with God

judiasm

The holocaust

killed approx 6 million jews Hitler

The term _____ applies to Jewish laws regarding food preparation and consumption.

kosher

The Reform movement in Judaism began as a response to the _____. (Check all that apply.)

liberal thought of the American and French Revolutions laws of Napoleon, which were carried widely beyond France new thinking of the European Enlightenment

Theologians

the texts are both historical documents and contain 'timeless truths'. How we determine which is which is the job of the theologian. Interpretation changes over time

God acts in human history

theophanies

The stories in the Book of Genesis that tell of mysterious contacts with God are called

theophanies

Believer

this is the most common way that people learn about sacred texts. They may believe that the texts contain 'timeless truths' that done change over time

The name Israel means "_____."

wrestles with God

isreal

wrestles with God

Ketuvim

writings

patriarch father of all three religions

Abraham

After the Hebrew Bible itself, the _____ became the second-most important body of Jewish literature, and it continued to be commented on over the centuries by rabbinical specialists.

Babylonian Talmud

Identify the beliefs that are part of the set of central Jewish beliefs. (Check all that apply.)

Belief that God gave the law to Moses Belief in the words of the prophets

The Torah ends with the _____, which repeats the Ten Commandments.

Book of Deuteronomy

Identify practices that are part of Reform Judaism. (Check all that apply.)

Both boys and girls undergo coming-of-age ceremonies. Services are conducted in both the native language and Hebrew.

The Book of Deuteronomy

Description of the death of Moses

The Book of Leviticus

Detailed laws about animal sacrifice

The Jewish faction that saw themselves as an advance guard, preparing for the time when God would end the old world of injustice and bring about a new world of mercy and peace were called the _____.

Essenes

The Falashas, who practice a mysterious form of Judaism, exist in _____.

Ethiopia

Reform Judaism embraced many ideals of the _____.

European Enlightenment of the eighteenth century

The Book of _____ describes the Israelis establishing a king, selecting a capital city, imposing a system of laws, and building a temple for centralized worship.

1-2 Samuel

The winter festival of Hanukkah is celebrated in remembrance of the _____.

rededication of the Second Temple

The term kosher means _____.

ritually correct

During the period of exile in Babylon, the Jews began to meet for the Sabbath service of worship in meetinghouses called .

synagogues

Biblical scholars'

tests reveal a lot about the cultures of the people who wrote them down. To understand these texts, we need to know languages, archaeology, history, etc. the texts are primarily historical documents