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| Chapter 7 The Hebrews & Judaism |
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| What occurred before Abraham left Mesopotamia? |
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| Which group did not control the Israelites? |
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| What prompted the pharaoh to free the Hebrews? |
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| A series of plagues that struck Egypt |
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| What shows that Hebrew women had few rights? |
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| A Hebrew woman's husband was chosen for her by her father. |
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| How are Mosaic laws different from the Ten Commandments? |
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| Mosaic laws guide Jews' daily lives. |
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| What best describes Judaism's effect on later cultures? |
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| Judaism helped shape western cultures. |
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| What was most responsible for ending the first Jewish revolt against the Romans? |
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| The burning of the second temple |
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| How did Judaism influence the development of Islam? |
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| The first people to follow Islam believed they descended from Abraham. |
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| Which holiday celebrates the redemption of the Second Temple? |
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| Why did the Ashkenazim and Sephardim develop different rituals and cultures? |
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| They lived in different parts of the world. |
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| What day do Jews consider to be the most holy day of the year? |
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| How did the event at Masada end? |
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| The Jews there took their own lives. |
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| The Torah is the most sacred text of Hebrew writings. What prophet did the Jews believe the Torah's contents were revealed? |
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| The bible traces the Hebrews back to a man named |
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| RUTH is told in the bible as an example of how people should treat their family members |
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| Another name for the Hebrew Bible is the |
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| A group of Zealots locked themselves in a mountain fortress called |
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| is a language created by the Jews |
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| Like most people in the ancient world, the Jews worshipped many gods. |
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| Although Hebrew women had very few rights, they were allowed to inherit property even if they had brothers. |
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| The Dead Sea Scrolls were found by a young boy exploring a small cave near the Dead Sea. |
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| When Saul died, his younger brother took the throne. |
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| The Maccabees were a Jewish family that was tired of foreign rule. |
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| God promised to lead this man to a new land and make his descendants into a mighty nation. |
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| A set of commentaries, stories, and folklore |
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| A time for Jews to remember the Exodus from Egypt |
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| A code of moral laws written on two stone tablets |
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| Written 2,000 years ago by Jews to explain ancient Jewish beliefs |
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| Rebellious Jews who didn't think Jews should answer to anyone but God |
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| The scattering of the Jews outside Canaan |
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| The two most sacred Jewish holidays |
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| God told this man to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt during the 1200s B.C. |
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