Judaism Flashcards
What are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible called?
Torah(old testament for Christian)
Where is the place where God instructed Abraham to move his people?
Canaan
Where did Hebrew People migrated?
Egypt
Why did the Hebrew people migrated to Egypt?
due to drought and famine.
Who enslave the Hebrew people?
Egyptians
This person liberated the Hebrew in an event called “The Exodus.”
Moses
Who raise Moses?
Egyptian Princess
What is moses by birth?
Hebrew
Where did the Egyptian Princess found moses?
banks of the Nile
Who crossed the red sea and reached the Sinai Peninsula?
Moses
Where did Moses went to get the Ten Commandments
Mount Sinai
Where did God communicated the The commandments?
Mount Sinai
Where is the Ten Commandments recorded?
Two stone tablets
How long did the hebrew people travelled in the Sinai Desert?
40 years
When they arrive in Canaan, they were loosely organized into how many self-governing tribes?
12
Hebrew is known as…
Israelites
Where did the Israelites expanded? and what did they established?
north and south - unified kingdom
Who are the three able kings?
- Saul
- David
- Solomon
Who united the tribes and defeated enemies such as the Philistines.
Saul
Who founded a dynasty and establish Jerusalem as the capital city?
David
He built a trading empire with the Phoenicians and beautified Jerusalem through his extensive building projects like the Great Temple.
Solomon
Where is Israel and Judah located?
- North
- South
They lost their independence when they were subjugated by other civilizations.
The israelites and Jews
Where did the Judah people pay their tribute or peace money so that they would not be attacked.
Assyrians
What happen when Israelites stopped paying to the Assyrians?
They will destroy the northern kingdom of Israel.
Where did the Assyrians lost their power?
Babylonian
Who led the Babylonian Empire?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who conquered the Babylon Empire?
Persian Empire
Who was the king of the Persian Empire?
Cyrus the Great
This person allowed the Jewish Exiles to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple.
Cyrus the Great
They destoryed Judah, including the temple, the survivors were all exiled to where?
Babylonians
Babylon Empire
Who took control of Judah after the Persian Empire?
Greeks and Romans
What did the Greeks and Romans called Judah?
Judea
