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Chapter 7 The Hebrews & Judaism |
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What occurred before Abraham left Mesopotamia? |
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Which group did not control the Israelites? |
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What prompted the pharaoh to free the Hebrews? |
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A series of plagues that struck Egypt |
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What shows that Hebrew women had few rights? |
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A Hebrew woman's husband was chosen for her by her father. |
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How are Mosaic laws different from the Ten Commandments? |
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Mosaic laws guide Jews' daily lives. |
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What best describes Judaism's effect on later cultures? |
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Judaism helped shape western cultures. |
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What was most responsible for ending the first Jewish revolt against the Romans? |
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The burning of the second temple |
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How did Judaism influence the development of Islam? |
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The first people to follow Islam believed they descended from Abraham. |
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Which holiday celebrates the redemption of the Second Temple? |
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Why did the Ashkenazim and Sephardim develop different rituals and cultures? |
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They lived in different parts of the world. |
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What day do Jews consider to be the most holy day of the year? |
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How did the event at Masada end? |
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The Jews there took their own lives. |
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The Torah is the most sacred text of Hebrew writings. What prophet did the Jews believe the Torah's contents were revealed? |
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The bible traces the Hebrews back to a man named |
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RUTH is told in the bible as an example of how people should treat their family members |
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Another name for the Hebrew Bible is the |
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A group of Zealots locked themselves in a mountain fortress called |
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is a language created by the Jews |
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Like most people in the ancient world, the Jews worshipped many gods. |
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Although Hebrew women had very few rights, they were allowed to inherit property even if they had brothers. |
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The Dead Sea Scrolls were found by a young boy exploring a small cave near the Dead Sea. |
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When Saul died, his younger brother took the throne. |
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The Maccabees were a Jewish family that was tired of foreign rule. |
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God promised to lead this man to a new land and make his descendants into a mighty nation. |
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A set of commentaries, stories, and folklore |
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A time for Jews to remember the Exodus from Egypt |
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A code of moral laws written on two stone tablets |
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Written 2,000 years ago by Jews to explain ancient Jewish beliefs |
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Rebellious Jews who didn't think Jews should answer to anyone but God |
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The scattering of the Jews outside Canaan |
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The two most sacred Jewish holidays |
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God told this man to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt during the 1200s B.C. |
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