Ancient Israel and Judaism
Across
- 6. the ancient Hebrew language did not contain these types of letters
- 7. brought down from the mountain by Moses
- 11. the language of the Israelite people
- 12. Egyptian king who made the Israelites slaves
- 13. person who led the Israelites in their escape from slavery in Egypt
- 16. 8-day Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
- 17. the religion of the Israelites
- 18. God promised to make him the father of a great nation of people
- 20. the Israelites settled here after traveling in the wilderness
- 21. according to the commandments, the number of gods Israelites should worship
- 23. the sacred text of the Jewish people
- 25. King David's son; built the first Temple of Jerusalem
- 26. the capital city of the Israelites
Down
- 1. David killed this mighty foe with a slkingshot and a stone
- 2. the first book of the Torah
- 3. the belief in one god
- 4. number of years the Israelites traveled in the wilderness, until they settled once again in Canaan
- 5. region where Israelite people originally lived
- 8. led the Israelites in their escape from Egypt.
- 9. the holy day of the week
- 10. this religion considers the Hebrew Bible to be their Old Testament
- 14. the first king of the Israelites
- 15. lack of food which forced many Israelites to flee from Canaan to Egypt
- 19. contains the ten commandments
- 22. the belief in many gods
- 24. the departure from Egypt to freedom