Judaism Flashcards
Covenant
sacred agreement between god and the jewish people
Exile
the dispersion of the jewish people from there homeland and their living in foreign lands
Redemption
being saved from the state of exile
Created in God’s image and likeness
you posses certain divine attributes and qualities
G-d
a sign of respect
Egypt
where the israelites were enslaved for several centuries
Jochebed
mentioned in the exodus, story about the baby boy floating down the river, mother of moses
Moses
promise land, wrote the first 5 books of the Hebrew bible
Pharaoh
the ruler of egypt
Exodus
most important of the books
Mt. Sinai
place where moses received the ten commandments from god
Ten Commandments
part of the jewish law, guidelines
Tanakh
3 jewish texts (Torah-teaching or law, Nevi’im-prophets, ketuvim-writings)
Torah
first five books of the bible (Genesis, exodus, Leviticus, numbers, and Deuteronomy)
Kosher
Diet