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  1. 4. having all knowledge; a commonly assigned attribute of God.
  2. 5. relating to a messiah, or saviour; especially the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament to deliver the Jewish nation, or Jesus, who is understood by Christians to be the promised Messiah and saviour of humankind
  3. 9. A record of the way rabbis and scholars and jurists have applied the laws of the Bible to the life they faced. It consists of both the Mishna and Gemara.
  4. 10. “correct action/practice”; emphasized in traditions where practice is more central than belief; e.g. Hinduism and many other Asian traditions.
  5. 11. An early Jewish sect. These Jewish people formed an ascetic and mystical order that consisted mostly of adult males who took an oath of celibacy.
  6. 13. merging of different religions or elements of different religious traditions.
  7. 15. An important Jewish holiday. It celebrates the miracle of the oil.
  8. 16. having all powers; a commonly assigned attribute of God.
  9. 17. The Greek culture.
  10. 18. “correct belief”; essential beliefs and practices; opposite of heresy.
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  1. 1. ceremony or ritual act that confers special religious status on someone who has left lay life for a more full commitment to religious vows and pursuits.
  2. 2. beliefs and practices of the Jews, a people who follow the teachings contained in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh); monotheistic; centred on maintaining a contractual agreement (covenant) with God.
  3. 3. formal prescriptions typically for the performance of religious rituals.
  4. 6. Judaism’s place of worship.
  5. 7. The first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
  6. 8. explanation and interpretation of a text; especially the scholarly and 38 critical explication of scripture.
  7. 12. An early Jewish sect. These Jewish people embraced some of the Hellenistic elements of Judaism.
  8. 14. person who makes proclamations about the will, disposition, or plans of the divine; these can include predictions of what will happen or forecasts of what may happen unless people change their errant ways (e.g. the prophets of the Old Testament).