Ancient Israelites

an agreement or promise with God

• covenant

• monotheism

• Exodus

• Phoenicians

Canaanite group who founded cities around the Mediterranean and were skilled in sailing.

• covenant

• Phoenicians

• Torah

• Exodus

belief in one all-powerful, just, and personal God

• Phoenicians

• covenant

• Exodus

• monotheism

departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt

• Exodus

• monotheism

• covenant

• Torah

name of the teachings God gave to Moses

• Phoenicians

• Torah

• Exodus

• monotheism

According to the Hebrew Bible, Jacob’s 12 sons became

• priests.

• scribes.

• the leader of Israelite tribes.

• members of the Diaspora.

The Philistines, an eastern Mediterranean group, migrated from near present-day

• Rome.

• Greece.

• Damascus.

• Syria.

According to Jewish tradition, the _______ is a weekly day of rest and prayer beginning at sundown on Friday until sundown on Saturday.

• Daniel

• Sabbath

• Passover

• Hebrew Bible

Three sections—the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings -make up the _____

• Hebrew Bible

• Daniel

• Passover

• Sabbath

_____ is a holiday that celebrates the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt.

• Sabbath

• Hebrew Bible

• Passover

• Genesis