Ancient Israel & Judaism
Across
- 3. son of Israel's greatest king who built the First Temple
- 5. considered the greatest Jewish King who defeated Goliath
- 7. a messenger sent by God to share God's word with the people
- 9. a social group made up of families or clans
- 13. a weekly day of worship and rest where work is forbidden
- 14. founder and father of Judaism
- 15. a wise saying
- 16. a rule that God wanted the Israelites to follow
- 18. an agreement with God
- 19. leader of the Israelites during the conquering of Canaan
- 21. a grasshopper that often migrates in large numbers
- 23. Jewish leader who built the second temple
- 24. a set of letters or other characters used to write a language
- 25. a sacred song or poem used in worship
- 26. founded by the ten tribes who rebelled against rule in Jerusalem
- 28. a Jewish house for worship or Church
Down
- 1. prepared according to Jewish dietary law
- 2. the departure of the Israelites out of slavery
- 4. one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world that was famous for its walls
- 6. contained the Ten Commandments
- 8. the groups of Jews living outside the Jewish homeland
- 10. a forced absence from one's home or country
- 11. founded by two tribes in the southern part of Canaan
- 12. teachings that Moses received from God and later became the first part of the Hebrew Bible
- 16. the promised homeland of the Jewish people
- 17. the belief in one God
- 20. a long document made from pieces of parchment sewn together
- 22. the first five books of the Hebrew bible
- 25. events and natural disasters seen as punishments from God
- 27. the official leader of a Jewish congregation