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Test 2 vocab Flashcards

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Adonai

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Hebrew word for lord

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Diaspora

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Living wherever they went as a religious minority

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YHWH

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Tetragrammaton; used instead of saying or writing Yahweh

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Sanhedrin

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Supreme council, with the high priest of the temple at its head

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Sadducees

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Small group of leading priests and wealthy aristocrats

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Pharisees

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Movement focused on understanding and interpreting the Torah to achieve holiness through exact observance of God’s commandments

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Zealots

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Group that engaged in armed resistance against the Romans

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Essenes

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Group of radically pious Jews; detested Sadducees, regarded temple leadership as corrupted

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Yeshua ha Notzri

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Jesus of Nazareth, in Hebrew

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Rabbi

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Teacher

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Minim

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Heretics

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Mishna

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A compilation of rabbinical legal opinions up to that time

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Gemarra

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Rabbinic commentary

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Talmud

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Virtual encyclopedia of rabbinic legal discussion

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Ehad

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Hebrew word that can mean alone or one

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L’chaim

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To life

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Bris

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Ceremony of circumcision

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Bar mitzvah

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“Son of the commandment” at age 13, boy assume the rights and responsibilities of adult Jewish males

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Minyan

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Quorum of ten or more Jewish males required for certain forms of Jewish worship

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Mazel tov

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Literally means good luck, but used more as one has had good luck, ie congratulations

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Kosher

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Fit for eating

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Holy

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To be set apart

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Seder

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Ritual meal that consists of certain foods

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Matzo

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Unleavened bread

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Sephardic

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From sepharad, the Jewish name for Spain

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Ashkenazic

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The Jewish name for northern France and Germany

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Nostra Aetate

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The council’s declaration on the relation of the church to non-Christian religions; not only impacted Catholics but also challenged other Christian churches to look at their thinking and attitudes toward Judaism and the Jewish people

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Church

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Assembly; stemming from the word ekklesia

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Filioque

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“And from the son,” words that the western church added to the Nicene Creed

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Anawim

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Any at risk group; the voiceless; the poor

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Yamulka

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A skull cap worn by orthodox and some conservative Jewish males

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Goy(im)

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A Yiddish term used to describe non-Jews

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Hijra

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The birthday of Islam commemorating the move from Mecca to medina

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Hajj

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A “return to the center” when Muslims make their pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Infidel

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A person who, aware of the many gifts of God, is not grateful to God for those gifts

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Koran

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“Recite” also known as the Islamic scripture

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Medina

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Also known as the “city of the prophet”

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Quraysh

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The leading tribe in Mecca to which Muhammad belonged, but warred with him for 8 yrs

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Hadith

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A collection of Muhammad’s words and actions

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Pentecost

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The birthday of the Christian church

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Solidarity

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Many people and talents joined together in order to help the poor, oppressed, thru social justice

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Hegemony

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The ruling group or party; those in charge

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Jesus

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Savior

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Christ

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The anointed one; messiah

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Islam

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Surrender, peace

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Jihad

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Struggle for God (particularly inner struggle)

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Sharia

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The Islamic law interpreted from the Quran

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Hijab

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Islamic head covering for women

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