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| Where was Zoroastrianism founded? |
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*The "Wise God"
*challenged Iranian animism |
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| Who was the prophet Zarathustra? |
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*Ahura Mazada spoke to him
*he was the founder of Zoroastrianism |
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| Where is the center of Zoroastrianism today? |
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*Zoroastrianism liturgical book
*law/instruction
*made in 3rd c. CE |
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*An evil spirit
*Would be like Satan
*Destruction |
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| What does fire symbolize in Zoroastrian worship? |
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*"Tower of Silence"
*where dead is put
*vultures eat the corpses |
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| What three religions did Zoroastrianism influence? |
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*Christianity
*Judaism
*Islam |
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| What is the meaning of Israelite? |
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| God's chosen people. Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel. Decendent of Jacob. |
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| What is the meaning of Jew? |
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| A person of the ancient kingdom of Judah |
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| What is the meaning of Hebrew? |
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| Decent of Abraham, Jacob, and Isaac. Israelite. |
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About how many Judaism believers are there? |
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| Is there a real founder in Judaism? |
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*3 books
*Torah, Nevi'im, Kethuvim
*it is both oral and written |
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*Laws of Moses
*teaching
*historical narrative
*ethics of justice
*books of moses |
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*writings
*proverbs
*song lyrics
*poetry |
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*the first man
*was expelled from paradise |
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*the first woman
*reason for expulsion from paradise |
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*lived during the great flood
*built the ark
*God promised He would never destroy the earth by flood again |
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Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
12 Sons of Israel (Jacob) |
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*God called onto him
*made a covenant with God
*was challenge by having to kill his son Isaac
*(instigator of Monotheism) |
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| What is the day of rest for Jewish believers? |
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| from sunset friday to sunset saturday |
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*Father of Jacob
*he had a miraculous birth
*was almost sacrificed by his father Abraham |
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*he had 12 sons who becames slaves of Egypt
*he and sons had to flee to Egypt to escape famine
--> later named Israel |
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| What did the covenant with Abraham consist of? |
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*all of his sons and their decendents must be circumcised
*worship only one God |
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| Persons having the authority to perform and administer religious rites |
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| Lived during 1500-1280 BCE; he liberated God's people (the Hebrews) |
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"going away from Egypt"
God sent ten plagues to egypt so they would free his people |
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| (Pesach); last plague; killed the first born sons of Egyptians; an annual Jewish celebration of Hebrews |
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| Mount Sinai signifie what? |
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*Where the Torah was recepted
*10 commandments |
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*part of the Torah
*specific do's and dont's
*in the Ark of the Covenant |
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*seafairing enemy that threatened Israel
*realized they needed a strong monarch
*they were armed with iron weapons |
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| What is Joshua's view of the Hebrew invasion of Canaan? |
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| It was very dramatic and happened very sudden |
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| What is Judges' view of the Hebrew invasion of Canaan? |
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| Gradual; it is supported by archaelogical evidence |
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*dominated much of Syria-Palestine
*made Jerusalem political and capital city |
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*he built the first temple in Jerusalem
*literacy activity flourished during his order
--> known for being wise. |
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*did not contain a divine image
*priests talked with God on behalf of the people
*offerings were made to God |
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| What were the two kingdoms that formed after Soloman's Death? 10th c. BCE |
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Israel of the North
Judah of the South
922 BCE |
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| Who destroyed the kingdom of Israel? |
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| What is a Prophet (nevi)? |
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*receive messages from God
*the messages are about what He does and about the future |
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| Who destroyed the 1st (Jewish) temple? |
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*Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BCE
*Babylon |
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| What were the consequences of the Babylonian exhile in 586 BCE? |
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| The people lost their independence, King, temple, and land |
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| What were the effects of the Babylon exhile? |
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*Babylon became the center of Jewish life
*Temple ritual was deemphasized
*The written word became more important
*the Hebrew language was replace by Aramaic |
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*Conquered Babylon
*Allowed Jews to return to their homeland in 6 c. BCE
*Jews were allowed to rebuild Soloman's temple |
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Babylon became a center for Jewish life;
dispersion of Jews |
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*Greek version of the Hebrew bible
*translated during the time of Alexander the Great |
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| When did the Romans take over? |
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| A reclusive semimonastic Jewish group that flourished from 150 BCE-68CE |
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| A faction during the second temple time that emphasized the observation of biblical rules |
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*Anti Roman
*Active during Roman rule
--> rebels, fought. |
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| Destruction of the second temple occured... |
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In the 70th c. CE;
*ended power of priesthood
*emphasized scriture interpretation
*power went to Rabbis |
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| A religious teacher; given power after the second temple was destroyed |
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| What was/is Rabbinic Judaism? |
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| Judaism after the destruction of the second temple |
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| A Jewish house of worship; used for religious gatherings |
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| Search; rabbinical commetary on the scriptures and oral law |
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Mishna + Gamara = Talmud
There are two of them |
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| What is the most complete Talmud? |
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| The Babylonian Talmud 600 CE |
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| It is a broad term for central European Jews |
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| Jews of Spain, Morocco, and the Mediterranean region |
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| A/The Kabbalah means what? |
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| "Recieved;" "handed down;" the whole body of mystical literature in judaism |
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| "Book of Slendor" ca. 1300 central work of Kabbalah. Contains the theory of redemption |
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*emphasized meditative prayer
*Founder was Israel ben Eliezer |
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| Who was Israel ben Eliezer? |
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| (18c.): Founder of Hasidism; known as Besht (master of the good name) |
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| Attempts to blend the new and old |
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| Questioned and modernized Judaism; liberal |
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*Founder was Theodor Herzl
*19c. CE
*Called for a separate jewish state
*Rejected accommodation/assimilaiton |
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| A state sponser program that tried to radicate all Jews |
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| What are the rites of passage? |
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| Circumcision, bar mitzvah |
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Way to eat food where:
Ritually correct
rules are in talmud
acceptable manner of consumption |
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Celebration in/of: The New Year
in September or October |
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Celebrates: day of atonement
10 days after rosh hashanah
prayers for forgiveness and reconciliation |
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| Celebrates: the coming-of-age ceremony that marks the time when a young person is considered a legal adult within the Jewish community |
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| Celebrates: an early winter festival recalling the rededication of the second temple, celebrated with the lighting of candles for eight days |
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| Celebrates: a joyous festival in early spring that recalls the jews' eing saved from destruction, as told int he book of esther |
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| "Order;" A special ritual meal at Passover, recalling the Hebrews' Exodus from Egypt |
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Means "booths";
a festival in the late autumn that recalls the jews' perod of wandering in the desert after their exodus from egypt |
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a prayer shawl worn by devout males
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| Two small boxes containing biblical passages that are worn by orhtodox male on the their head and left arm at morning prayer during the week |
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| The skullcap worn by devout males |
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