Judaism

Question 1

What was the Levant?

Answer 1

Where faith was emerged from.

Question 2

What were the rivers in the Levant?

Answer 2

1. (North) Orontes river, which was like a stream and it dries up quickly.
2. (Central) Sea of Galilee which was more like a lake.

Question 3

What was the problem with society because of the rivers?

Answer 3

1. Limited resources
2. limited communication north and south
3. Politically disjointed
4. Different ethnicities and different languages

Question 4

What was Jericho?

Answer 4

City-state in the Levant. It was small and poor, also had walls covering its surroundings meaning protection from wars.

Question 5

Who were the tribals?

Answer 5

A group of people that claim to share an ancestor

Question 6

Why were tribes important?

Answer 6

It was the main form of political unitiy

Question 7

How did tribes survive?

Answer 7

Living semi nomadically, herding sheeps and goats.

Question 8

Who were the Israelites?

Answer 8

Tribe that claimed they were related to Abraham.

Question 9

How many Israelite tribes were there?

Answer 9

12 tribes

Question 10

How did the 12 tribes come together to be one?

Answer 10

Due to warfare and outside threats the Israelites gathered together and decided to create a unified kingdom instead of being separate tribes

Question 11

Who was King David?

Answer 11

Second king of Israelites.

Question 12

What did King David do?

Answer 12

Israelites began to be a state. He established governmental center which was the capital Jerusalem.

Question 13

Who was King Solomon?

Answer 13

King Davids son.

Question 14

What did King Solomon do?

Answer 14

He built a temple in order to be a good city.

Question 15

What is Jewish Diaspora?

Answer 15

Population of the Jews spend out through east and Mediterranean.

Question 16

What was the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament?

Answer 16

Contains what it means to be a Jew and guidelines that defines Jewish religion

Question 17

What were the five books of the law in the Old Testament?

Answer 17

1. Torah
2. Historical books
3. Holy writing
4. Prophets
5. Apocalyptic/ Revelation writings

Question 18

What was Genesis?

Answer 18

Explains how everything came to be, meaning humans, hebrews. Its a parabola about growing up and what happens when you grow up

Question 19

Who was the god the Jews worshiped?

Answer 19

Yahweh

Question 20

What consisted of the Ten Commandments?

Answer 20

The first five commandments were saying to only worship Yahweh. The other five commandments were saying to be moral (don’t cheat, lie, steal, kill, etc.)

Question 21

What were the 3 post-exilic sects of Judaisum?

Answer 21

1. Sadducees
2. Pharisees
3. Essenes

Question 22

What were the sadducees?

Answer 22

temple worship, sacrifices. Concentrated in Judea, especially in Jerusalem

Question 23

What were the Pharisees?

Answer 23

synagogue worship, prayer in Judea but also in diaspora

Question 24

What is diaspora?

Answer 24

scattered around

Question 25

What were the Essenes?

Answer 25

monastic, apocalyptic and eschatological sect of Judaism. Concentrated in Dead Sea region. They believed in the end of the world

Question 26

Who were Zealots?

Answer 26

People that resent Roman rule. They want to push out romans and create independent rule

Question 27

What book does Genesis and Exodus belong to?

Answer 27

The Torah

Question 28

What were the gospels?

Answer 28

Literature containing Jesus’ life.

Question 29

How many books did the gospels compose of?

Answer 29

4 books

Question 30

What were the first three books of the gospels called?

Answer 30

Synoptic Gospels, Gospel of Matthew written for Jesus

Question 31

What was the fourth book of the gospels called?

Answer 31

Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke written for Greek audience. Differs in content, order of events, and emphasizing divinity of Jesus.