ancient isreal Flashcards
definition of : israelite
group of people aho founded the kingdom of isreal
definition of : monothesim
the belif there is only 1 god of all people
definition of : prophet
religos teachers that were sent by godto serve as a voice to people
definition of : sabbath
day of the week set aside for worship
definition of : kosher
food prepared according to jewish dietary laws
definition of : synagogue
jewish place for worship
definition of : exile
to be forced out of one country/home
definition of : dispora
groups of jewish people who were exiled from homeland and scatterd thruout euope,asia,africa
definition of : nomad
a person who moves place to place
definition of : torrah
1st 5 books of the bible
1 physical feature of the geography of isreal
mountain ranges
1 water feature of the geography of isreal
jordan river
who was king saul
was anointed with oil to show god was with him, but he made an offering in the incorrect way and lost fame
who was king david
won battles against philistine worrior goliath
who was king solomon
built the first temple
who was abraham
father of isrealites, moved family from mesopitamia to cannon
who was issac
almost sacrificed, headed family after abraham died
who was moses
entered into covanat with god and received 10 commandments
who was jacob
son of issac, god changed name to isreal, his decendets called isrealites
what was king cyrus’s impact on the isrealites
he defeted caldeans & allowed jews to return to judah & rebuild jeruslem, respected by jews
cause of the assyrian and chaldean invasions
isrealites didnt have resources to fight
effect of the assyrian and chaldean invasions
they had to pay high taxes
cause of the babylonian exile
caldeans conquerd judah and destroyed jerusalem
effect on the bablonian exile
they still had high spirts and faith
cause of the maccabean revolt
selucid kings wanted jews to worship greek, they refused
effect of the maccabean revolt
celebrate sucess during hanukkah
name 2 jewish practices
the sabbath is the day set aside for worsip on saturday because thats the day god rested, and keeping kosher/ jewish dietary laws cant mix meat with dariy beacuse you cant mix baby and mother
