JUDAISM

IDEAS

1. What is Judaism and who is a Jew?
2. Biblical Patriarchs
3. Exodus
4. Some developments in Judaism
5. Modern Judaism

Christian Calendar Hebrew Calendar Event
3760 BCE   1/Rosh Hashanah Creation of Adam
2161 BCE 1600    Flood
Christian Calendar Hebrew Calendar Event
1765 BCE 1996    Tower of Babel
1948 Birth of Abraham
Birth of Isaac   
1313 BCE 2048/Passover Exodus from Egyptian enslavement     
Receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai    
1273 BCE 2488    Moses dies/Entry into the Land of Israel
869 BC 2892    Kind David becomes King in Jerusalem
826 BCE   2935    Solomon's Temple (completion)    
721 BCE Israel split N. conquered by Assyrians - Lost Tribes
586 BCE   Destruction of the Holy Temple

VOCABULARY

El

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob / covenant

sacrifice in Judaism

Exodus

YHWH (YAHWEH)

Moses

ten miraculous plagues

parting of the Red Sea (or Reed Sea)

Torah
   The Pentateuch : Genesis Numbers
  Exodus Deuteronomy
  Leviticus  

The Law: The Ten Commandments (613 Commandments)

renewal of the covenant (Sinai Covenant)

Tent of Meeting
Ark of the Covenant

promised homeland

David

Solomon's Temple

prophetic movement

 

exile and diaspora

synagogue

rabbi

messiah

Mishnah

Talmud

Kabbalah
theodicy

Zionism

Modern Israel

Orthodox; Reform; Conservative

the Sabbath

Passover - Pesach
    Seder

Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kippur

Chanukah

Bar Mitzvah

Menorah

Star of David