| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abraham | God told him to leaver his home in Mesopotamia. He traveled to Canaan where his decendents, the hebrews lived for many years. He believed in Monotheism |
| Canaan | a land on the mediteranean Sea where the Hebrews settled |
| Pharaoh | a leader of Egypt |
| Moses | led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt |
| Exodus | the journey of the Hebrews in Egypt |
| Ten Commandments | a code of moral laws that god gave to Moses on 2 stone tablets |
| Diaspora | the scattering of Jews outside of Isreal and Judah |
| Monotheism | the belief in 1 and only 1 god |
| Justice | in terms of Judaism, kindness and fairness in dealing with other people |
| Righteousness | doing what is proper. Jews are supposed to behave properly even if others around them are not. |
| Mosaic Law | a system of laws that guide many area's of Jew's lives |
| Principle | a basic belief rule, or law |
| Torah | the moth secred text of Judaism |
| Synagogue | a Jewish house of worship |
| Prophets | a good name/reputation is better than fortune |
| Rabbis | religious teachers |
| Talmud | a set of laws, commentaries, stories, and folklore important to Judaism |
| Hanukkah | a holiday in December |
| Passover | honor the Exodus. |
| Seder | a Passover meal. durring it participants reflect the events of the Exodus |
| High Holy Days | the 2 most secred of all Jewish olidays. Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur |
| Messiah | a great leader that the ancient Jews predicted to come and restore the greatness of Isreal. Christians believed it was Jesus |
| Bible | the holy book of Christianity |
| Old Testament | the first part of the bible. it is largly similer to the Hebrew bible |
| New Testament | an acount of the life and the teachings of Jesus and of the early history of Christianity |
| Bethlehem | where Jesus was born |
| Crucifiction | a type of exection in which a person was nailed to a cross |
| Resurrection | Jesus's rise from the dead |
| Disciples | followers in Cristianity |
| Easter | the celebration of Jesus's resurrection. it is the most secret holiday |
| Christmas | Honors Jesus's birth |
| Miracle | an event that cannot normaly be preformed by a human. Jesus fed a whole croud with a few loafs of bread and a couple of fish |
| Parables | stories that teach lessions about how people should live. Jesus said god would forgive sinners if they turned away from sin. |
| Jesus's Message | to love people and the rescue of people from sin. |
| Salvation | the rescue of people from sin |
| Denomination | a group of people who hold mostly the same beliefs |
| Sermon on the Mount | Jesus led his folowers onto a mountain side to give a religious speech. this speach was called_________________. |
| Apostles | 12 men who Jesus choose to reciave special teaching |
| Gospels | disciples who wrote acounts of life and teachings |
| Paul | the most important person in the spread of Christianity after Jesus's death |
| Trinity | a central Christian belief that god is made up of 3 people |
| Persecution | roman leaders became concerned with Christiananity and had to put an end to it |
| Pope | The bishop of Rome |
| Conctantine | the roman emperor who became a Christian |
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