Judaism

Question 1

No single founder or central leader
Both a race and an ethnicity
Abrahamic Religion

Answer 1

Judaism

Question 2

According to the Jewish law, if your ______ is jewish, so are you

Answer 2

Mother

Question 3

Ethical monotheism

Answer 3

There is only one God that provides one ethical guide

Question 4

Omniscience and omnipotence

Answer 4

All powerful

Question 5

Transcendence

Answer 5

God is not of flesh

Question 6

Immanence

Answer 6

God connects people through prayer

Question 7

Tanakh

Answer 7

The Hebrew bible (old testament in christianity)
Includes the Torah

Question 8

Torah

Answer 8

In the Tanakh
First five books of the bible
- Genesis
-Exodus
-Leviticus
- Numbers

Question 9

Talmud

Answer 9

Explains and analyzes the torah, the oral teachings and commentary of Jewish leaders in one book.

Question 10

Pre-dates Judaism
Mesopotamian myths

Answer 10

The great flood and Noah’s Arch

Question 11

Abraham

Answer 11

-The Father of Judaism
- Circumcision and sacrifice of Isaac
-Abraham->Isaac->Jacob

Question 12

Jacob and the tribes of Israel

Answer 12

Israelites

Question 13

Moses

Answer 13

Leads Israelites out of Egypt and parts the sea
-Gets the 10 commandments from Mt Sanai

Question 14

Temple periods

Answer 14

The first and second temples were destroyed

Question 15

Western Wall

Answer 15

Last piece of the second temple
A very holy place

Question 16

Rabbinical Judaism

Answer 16

-Developed after the destruction of the second temple
- Judaism migrated from a temple based religion to a rabbi- centered one
-Biblical and rabbinical Judaism emphasizes the relationship of god with Israel
-Home is where many practice their religion

Question 17

Synagogue

Answer 17

Where the Torah is studied
-Torah must be copied by hand into a scroll

Question 18

Medieval Jewish context

Answer 18

Muslim empires= Jews are people of the book
Christian Europe= Jewish people must life in Ghettos
- Frequently persecuted
-“Christ Killers”

Question 19

Reform Judaism

Answer 19

Modern adaptations to Judaism

Question 20

Shoah

Answer 20

The holocaust
-“How could god do this?”

Question 21

Zionism

Answer 21

Dream of Jews having a refuge/safe land

Question 22

Orthodox

Answer 22

Intense study of the Torah, follows Halacha to a tea

Question 23

Conservative

Answer 23

Embraces Jewish Law but are flexible “Middle ground”

Question 24

Reform

Answer 24

Change and adaptation to views of modern world

Question 25

Secular Jews

Answer 25

Non religious Jews