Judaism Vocabulary

an agreement or promise

• consonant

• covenant

• exodus

• exile

exodus

• the creation of an agreement between God and Abraham

• the escape of the Israelites from the Assyrians to freedom

• the escape of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery to freedom

• the first book of the Torah

Israel

• the original kingdom of the Jewish people, created in Canaan

• the name of the founder of Judaism

• the name of the Jewish sacred text

• the place the Jewish people escaped to when they experienced a famine

an early name for the Jewish people

• Judite

• Canaanite

• Abramite

• Israelite

Jerusalem

• the holiest city of the Jews and the capital of their first kingdom

• the city the Jewish people escaped to during the famine

• the city in Mesopotamia that Abraham left after he spoke to God

• the city where Moses received the 10 commandments

10 commandments

• ten foods that must be avoided by Jewish people who are kosher

• ten laws and teachings said to have been given to David by God

• ten laws and teachings said to have been given to Moses by God

• ten things Jewish people are forbidden to do

Judaism’s most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible

• Vedas

• New Testament

• Talmud

• Torah

to banish or expel from one’s own country or home

• exonerate

• exit

• exile

• exodus

the removal of people from their homeland

• diaspora

• diorama

• distribution

• pilgrimage

the collection of ancient Jewish writings that interpret the laws and teachings of the Hebrew Bible

• Torah

• Talmud

• Old Testament

• Vedas