Chapter 5 Judaism and the Israelite Kingdoms

confederation

• Migration of Jews to places around the world caused by exile.
• a religious agreement with God
• a group of allies that worked together and consisted of the 12 tribes of the Israelites
• Jewish spiritual leader or teacher
• the worship of a single god

covenant

• food specially prepared according to Jewish dietary laws
• Jewish spiritual leader or teacher
• a religious agreement with God
• Migration of Jews to places around the world caused by exile.
• the worship of a single god

kosher

• the worship of a single god
• Migration of Jews to places around the world caused by exile.
• food specially prepared according to Jewish dietary laws
• a group of allies that worked together and consisted of the 12 tribes of the Israelites
• Jewish spiritual leader or teacher

monotheism

• "Departure." Tells how the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt and freed by Moses. Recounts the wandering in the desert for 40 years.
• Migration of Jews to places around the world caused by exile.
• the worship of a single god
• Religion with its roots in the teachings of Abraham (from Ur), who is credited with uniting his people to worship only one god. According to Jewish teaching, Abraham and God have a covenant in which the Jews agree to worship only one God, and God agrees to protect his chosen people, the Jews
• food specially prepared according to Jewish dietary laws

rabbi

• Migration of Jews to places around the world caused by exile.
• a religious agreement with God
• Jewish spiritual leader or teacher
• a Jewish place of worship
• (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus

synagogue

• an extended family unit, the Israelites had 12 of them
• a religious agreement with God
• a Jewish place of worship
• the worship of a single god
• Migration of Jews to places around the world caused by exile.

tribe

• the worship of a single god
• a Jewish place of worship
• an extended family unit, the Israelites had 12 of them
• the forced removal from one's native country
• Migration of Jews to places around the world caused by exile.

exile

• the worship of a single god
• a group of allies that worked together and consisted of the 12 tribes of the Israelites
• the forced removal from one's native country
• food specially prepared according to Jewish dietary laws
• Migration of Jews to places around the world caused by exile.

Abraham

• (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus
• King of the Israelites who united the tribes and captured Jerusalem
• Regarded by the Jews as the father of the Jewish people
• Migration of Jews to places around the world caused by exile.
• A Jewish holiday tradition which celebrates religious freedom and the rededication of the Second Temple to Judaism.

Exodus

• a group of allies that worked together and consisted of the 12 tribes of the Israelites
• the worship of a single god
• "Departure." Tells how the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt and freed by Moses. Recounts the wandering in the desert for 40 years.
• Jewish spiritual leader or teacher
• A Jewish holiday tradition which celebrates religious freedom and the rededication of the Second Temple to Judaism.