Ancient Civilization Textbook Chapter 7

MASON R. (United States of America)
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  1. Judaism
    the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
  2. Exodus
    the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus
  3. Ten Commandments
    the biblical commandments of Moses
  4. Diaspora
    the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel
  5. monotheism
    belief in a single God
  6. Torah
    the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
  7. synagogue
    the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
  8. Prophets
    the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
  9. Talmud
    the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism
  10. Dead Sea scrolls
    (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s
  11. Zealot
    a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
  12. rabbi
    spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation
  13. Passover
    (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
  14. High Holy Day
    Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
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