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The Israelites believe in one god. What is this called?
Monotheism
The Israelties returned to Canaan in a journey from slavery to freedom. What was this called?
Exodus
These are religious and moral civil codes given by God to Moses.
Ten Commandments
True or false: Most of what we know about the Hebrews comes from the Hebrew Bible.
True
Is is the name of foods that are specially prepared according to Jewish dietary laws?
Kosher
True or false: Judaism stressed the importance of treating others well and promoted social justice, equality, and the holiness of human life.
True
What is the building called where Jewish people worship?
Synagogue
True or false: Israelite women were treated well for the time.
True
True or false: The Torah forms the basis of Jewish law.
True
True or false: The books in the Hebrew Bible also make up the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, although they are ordered and named differently.
True
Israel lies between which two civilizations that we've studied?
Egypt & Mesopotamia
Why did the Israelites move from Canaan to Egypt?
There was a severe drought in Canaan & lack of food.
When people read from the Torah, they are reading from the first 5 books of the _______
Hebrew Bible
How did ancient Judaism differ from other religions at that time?
The belief in one God
What happened 1st - Israelites moved to Egypt or Moses climbed Mt. Sinai?
Israelites moved to Egypt
How does the Torah say that Abraham first came to the land of Canaan?
He moved with his family from Mesopotamia
