Origins of Judaism 2

The Torah says that God promised in his covenant with Abram to protect Abram's descendants. What did Abram and his people promise to do?

• Convert all nonbelievers to their faith

• Sacrifice their first-born sons to God

• Always devote themselves to God

• All of the above

According to the Torah, God told Abram to move to the land of Canaan. For Jews, this land became known as

• the city of God.

• the holy of holies.

• the promised land.

• the Kingdom of Solomon

According to the Torah, what were the two tablets of stone that God gave to Moses?

• the Exodus

• the Sabbath

• the Ten Commandments

• the Torah

Moses received the Ten Commandments after the Hebrews left Egypt. What was their flight from Egypt called?

• the Exodus

• the plague

• the prophet

• the Sabbath

According to the Torah, how did the Hebrews escape from the Egyptian army?

• A plague of locusts killed the soldiers of the Egyptian army.

• God gave the Hebrews but not the Egyptian soldiers the strength to climb Mount Sinai.

• Moses parted the waters of the Red Sea long enough for the Hebrews to cross.

• They left while the Egyptian soldiers were resting and worshiping on the Sabbath.

The Temple of Jerusalem was built by

• King David

• Abraham

• King Solomon

• Moses

What was one purpose of the First Temple in Jerusalem?

• to house the Ark of the Covenant

• to provide work relief for poor people

• to serve as a shelter for the Hebrews

• to protect the hebrews against invasion

Why was the Ark of the Covenant considered the Hebrews' most sacred object?

• The ark was the final resting place of Abraham.

• Noah had built the ark to rescue people and animals during a great flood.

• The ark held the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments.

• God had given the Ark of the Covenant to the Hebrews.

What other achievement, besides building the temple, is King Solomon known for?

• increasing Israel's foreign trade

• writing poetry

• making treaties with Israel's neighbors

• all of the above