judaism

Abram

Who is the first person to enter into a covenant with God?

El Shaddai

What is God initially referred to as?

Issac

Who is Abram’s son?

Sarai

Who is Abram’s wife?

Esau and Jacob

What are the names of Issac’s two sons?

Israel

What is Jacob’s name changed to?

12

How many sons did Israel have?

Joseph

Who was Issac’s (and God’s) favorite son?

Dream Interpretation

What gift did God give to Joseph?

Kill him

What did Joseph’s brothers try to do to him?

Sell him as a slave to a general in the Egyptian army

What do Joseph’s brothers actually do to him?

Rape

What is Joseph sent to prison for in Egypt?

For the next 7 years, there will be a food surplus; however, for the 7 years after, there will be a famine

What does Joseph interpret the Pharaoh’s dream to mean?

Agriculture

What does the Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of?

Patriarchs

What are Abraham, Issac, Jacob, and Joseph known as?

Yes

Are the Israelites initially welcomed in Egypt?

Alien

What word is translated to “Habiru”, which means Hebrews?

Moses

Who does God call on to lead the Israelites out of enslavement?

A bush

What does Moses see engulfed in flames?

To take off his sandals

What does God tell Moses to do through the bush?

Yahweh

What does God say his name is?

I am who I am

What does Yahweh mean?

Monotheistic

The religion of Israelites becomes…?

10

How many plagues does God send to show his power?

He tells the Israelites to follow a ritual when eating and to drain the blood of sheep and drip the blood on their doors

After the Pharaoh is not convinced of God’s power, what does God do?

Passover

When the Israelites slaughter the sheep and drip its blood on their doors, what event is it?

An Angel of Death

What does God send to kill the first born son of the other Egyptians?

Exodus

In what event does Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt?

Canaan

Where do the Israelites want to go to?

Mt. Sinai

Where does Moses see God and get the Decalogue?

His lieutenant, Joshua

When Moses dies, who leads the Israelites to Canaan?

Their king

What did the Israelites see Yahweh as?

Judges

What did the Israelites call their leaders?

Joshua

Who was the first Judge?

Samuel

Who was one of the best judges?

They didn’t want Samuel’s sons to become judges

Why did the Israelites want a King?

No

Did Samuel want there to be a king?

Anoint a king

What does God command Samuel to do?

Saul

Who does Samuel appoint as king?

God

Who doesn’t respect Saul?

David

Who does God tell Samuel to anoint king instead of Saul?

Adultery

What crime does David commit that God becomes aware of?

It dies

What happens to David’s child when it’s born?

Soloman

What is the name of David’s son?

No

Is Soloman a good king?

Rehoboam

Who becomes king after Soloman?

10/12

How many tribes rebel against Rehoboam

The Northern Kingdom of Israel and Judah

What does the Divided Kingdom look like?

King Rehoboam

Who are the people of Judah loyal to?

Assyria

Who is the first to conquer Israel?

Kills them

What does Assyria do to the Israelites?

The Northern Kingdom

Where do the remaining Israelites live when conquered by Assyria?

Polytheistic

When Assyria conquers Israel, what does the Northern Kingdom become?

No

When Assyria conquers Israel, is the Northern Kingdom still considered Israel?

587-539 BC

When did the Babylonian Captivity take place?

Enslaves them in Judah

What does Babylonia do to the Israelites?

Prophecies about a Messiah spread

What happens during the Babylonian captivity?

Persia

Who conquers the Babylonians?

Free them and consider them citizens

What do the Persians do to the Israelites?

Zoroastrianism

What religion do the Persians practice?

Macedonia

Who conquers Judah after Persia?

Alexander the Great

Who does Macedonia rule the Middle East under?

Greek

What is the main language of the Middle East around 332 BC?

Greek

Who conquers Judah after Macedonia?

Antiochus IV

Who are the Greeks led by?

They force the Jews to worship the Greek Gods

How do the Greeks enrage the Jews?

They desecrate it by putting Greek God statues there

What do the Greeks do to Soloman’s Temple?

The Maccabean Revolt

What is the revolt called in which Jewish farmers win against the Greeks?

When the Romans conquer Judah

When do the Jews lose their independence after the success of the Maccabean Revolt?

Their own King and God

What do the Romans allow the Jews to have?

Get permission and crucify them

What did the Jews have to do in order to kill someone?

1 AD

What year is the birth of Christ?

30 AD

In what year is Jesus executed?

Follow the Jewish leaders

What does Jesus tell the people not to do?

He is pretending to be the King of the Jews

What is the Romans reason to kill Jesus?

Pilate

Who allows for Jesus’ execution?

70 AD

In what year is the Diaspora?

No

Are the Jews successful in their revolt against the Romans?

Leave Judah

What did the Romans force the Jews to do?

Turns it into a world-wide religion

What does the Diaspora do for Judaism?

They are persecuted

What happens to the Jews when they leave?

Ottoman Empire, Spanish Inquisitions, Pogroms

What are the three persecutions?

1939-1945 AD

When was the Holocaust?

7/21 milliom

How many Jews did Hitler kill?

1948 AD

When was Israel created?

Palestine

After the Holocaust, what land did the British government offer to the Jews?

Islam

What religion do the people of Palestine practice?

The Divine Spark

What do the Jews believe in in terms of humanity?

El Shaddai/Yahweh

Before the Babylonian Captivity, what God did the Jews believe in?

Messiah and Satan

After the Babylonian Captivity, what God did the Jews believe in?

The Heavens, Earth, Sheol

Before the Babylonian Captivity, what three cosmos did the Jews believe in?

Heaven, Earth, Hell

After the Babylonian Captivity, what three cosmos did the Jews believe in?

They obeyed El Shaddai and the Decalogue

What was the morality of Jews like before Babylonian Captivity?

They obeyed the Torah, Tanakh, and Talmud

What was the morality of Jews like after Babylonian Captivity?

Nationally and naturally

How did God reward and punish before Babylonian Captivity?

Individually and in the afterlife

How did God reward and punish after Babylonian Captivity?

Rosh Hashanah

What is the Jewish New Year known as?

Mid-September to Early-October

When in our calendar does Rosh Hashanah take place?

The Day of Judgement

What is Rosh Hashanah known as?

What people should be put into the Book of Life?

What decision does God have to make every year?