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Jerusalem: Place of Origin for Judaism
Important People
Adam and Eve: the first people created by God
Garden of Eden: Paradise where Adam and Eve resided
Serpent: deceptive creature who convinces Eve to eat from the tree
Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil: The tree of life positioned in the middle of the Garden of Eden
Expulsion: the process of forcing someone to leave a place
Abraham: regarded as the first patriarch of the Jewish people
Hagar: Abraham's concubine and mother to their son Ishmael, served a a maid to Sarah
Ishmael: descendants of him were named Ishmaelites, or Arabs, people of the desert
Sarah: the wife of Abraham, first of the four matriarchs, gave birth to Isaac
Isaac: second patriarch, subject of Abraham's 10th test of faith (to be a burnt sacrifice), Father of Esau and Jacob
Job: A man who questioned God's mercy after suffering terrible misfortune without speaking against God
Noah: Made a covenant with God to reestablish life on Earth (saved himself and his wife, their 3 sons and their wives and 2 of every animal from a great flood)
Messiah: a savior or liberating figure
Zealots: a political movement in the 1st century second temple judaism which sought to incite the people of Judea Province to rebel against the Roman empire and expel it from the Holy land
Temple Destruction: babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the first temple, the second temple was destroyed by Titus and his army
Sect(s): a group of people with somewhat different beliefs
Ancient: relating to a remote period
Sadducees: Elitists who wanted to maintain the priestly caste, rejected the oral law and insisted on the literal interpretation of the written law, incorporation of Hellenism
Essenes: believed pharisees and sadducees corrupted Jerusalem and the temple, believed to be residents of the reclusive Qumran community, adopted strict dietary laws and commitment to celibacy
Pharisees: Spiritual fathers of modern Judaism, distinguishing characteristic: belief in the oral law that God gave Moses and the written law (the Torah), belief in the afterlife and supernaturals
Modern: characteristic of the present
Orthodox: the continuation of the beliefs and practices of normative judaism
Conservative: a form of traditional judaism, without fundamentalism, halfway between orthodox and reform judaism
Reform: largest affiliation of American Jews, seek to adapt Jewish tradition to modern sensibilities, see themselves as politically progressive and social justice oriented
Rules within the Talmud and Torah
10 commandments: given to Moses by God
613 commandments: Hebrew numerical value of Torah is 611, Moses' 611 plus the first two of the ten (because they were the only ones heard directly from God)
Maimonides: a list of 13 principles of the Jewish faith compiled by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, included in every Jewish prayer book
