Judaism Flashcards
Can you define Judaism in terms by all people who concider themselves Jews?
No
What was the Generic name for God amoung the Semitic people?
El
The most important event in Judiasm:
The Exodus
What was the name God declared to Moses?
YHWH
In the temple what was the main form of worship?
Animal Sacrifice
What were the divided kingdoms after the reign of Solomon?
Israel and Judah
What was the Dispora?
The scattering of the Jewish poeple after the Assyrian destruction of Israel.
What is the Mishnah?
The legal commentary (which was divided into 6 series) brought together by Judah.
What was the main issue Judiasm had with Christianity?
The acceptance of gentiles who were not required to keep the laws of Judiasm.
What were the Crusades and why where thry innitiated?
Widespread attacks on the Jews in Europe, it was innitiated by Pope Urban II in 1095.
What are the four major secs of Judaism?
- Reform Judaism
- Orthodox Judaism
- Conservative Judaism
- Reconstructionist Judaism
What was the Nuremberg Laws?
In 1935 they reduced Jews to second class citizens who could not vote, hold office, work in most professions, or marry non-jews.
What was the “Final Solution”
The Nazis enforcement of the total annihilation of the Jews in extermination camps.
What is the Sabbath ?
A day of rest from work that stars on friday at sundown and ends on saturday at sundown.
What is the Passover?
A holiday that celevrates the Israelites dileverance from slavery
