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CHAPTER 5 - JUDAISM AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE
STUDY GUIDE
TEST: JANUARY 27, 2015
VOCABULARY
monotheism - (SEE GLOSSARY IN TEXTBOOK)
Talmud - (SEE GLOSSARY IN TEXTBOOK)
righteousness - (SEE GLOSSARY IN TEXTBOOK)
IMPORTANT PEOPLE TO KNOW:
Abraham - The story of the Jewish people begins with the Bible's account of Abraham
travelling with his family from Mesopotamia to a land called Canaan
Moses - Led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt
David - Captured Jerusalem and made it the capital of the Kingdom of Israel
KEY IDEAS:
 Where was the Promised Land that the Torah says God promised to the Israelites as a
permanent home? Canaan
 Which activity is least important to the good practices of Judaism? becoming a rabii
 The common set of values and beliefs shared by Judaism and Christianity is known as the
Judeo-Christian tradition
 Outside of Israel, where does the largest number of Jews live today (country)? In the United
States
 Obedience to the Hebrew Bible's commandment to "Love your fellow (human being) as
yourself" is the reason that many Jews become involved in efforts to fight
discrimination________________________
 The book of Exodus states that the Israelites were led out of slavery in Egypt by who? Moses
 Where in the Hebrew Bible is the traditional history of the Jewish people found? (3 places)
A.
Torah
B. the Prophets
C. the Writings
 Which event resulted in the kingdom of Israel becoming divided? The death of King
Solomon
 Which Israelite captured Jerusalem and made it the capital of the Kingdom of Israel?
David
 Which part of the modern world has been least affected by the Jewish Diaspora? (which
intermediate direction and continent) Southeast Asia
ESSAYS (CHOOSE ONE); HONORS STUDENTS (DO BOTH)
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Explain what the Diaspora is, how and why it took place, and how it affected the Jewish
people? Diaspora is a Greek word meaning dispersion or scattering. It refers to the
communities of Jews that spread over the ancient world and later throughout the
modern world as well. When the Assyrians conquered the kingdom of Israel about
722 B.C., they sent thousands of Israelites to distant parts of the Assyrian empire.
Later, when the Babylonians rebelled against the Assyrians, established their own
empire, and conquered Judah, they took thousands of Jews to faraway Babylon and
forced them to settle there in what is called the Babylonian Captivity. This event
settled communities of Jews throughout the Babylonian empire, which stretched
across the Fertile Crescent. At the urging of Jewish prophets, these communities
continued to obey the Hebrew Scriptures while living in exile. When the Persian
kind Cyrus the Great conquered the Babylonian empire, he allowed the Jews to go
home. many did, but when the Persians extended their empire into Egypt and east
into Central Asia, Jews spread into these regions too. Later, after Alexander the
Great conquered the Persian empire, Jews settled in other areas also ruled by the
Greeks, including southern Europe. Still later, the Diaspora extended even farther
into Asia and Africa. By this time millions of Jews were living outside the Land of
Israel. But they still viewed the Land of Israel and Jerusalem as their spiritual
home.
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Explain why the study of the Hebrew Bible is such an important part of the practice of
Judaism? Jews believe that it is part of living up to covenant between God and the
Jewish people that they live righteous lives. righteousness is living and acting in
ways that obey God's laws and that are ethical, or right. Being faithful to God
means following these rules. Most of the rules and laws that Jews believe they must
follow are set out in the Ten Commandments and elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible.
That is why the Hebrew Bible is so important. Jews believe it is important that they
study the Hebrew Bible in order to learn, know, and understand these laws and
rules their faith calls on them to obey.