Judaism
Across
- 2. Judaism’s most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
- 7. the escape of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery to freedom
- 8. the dispersal of the Jewish people outside their homeland, beginning in 586 B.C.E.
- 11. an early name for the Jewish people
- 12. the holiest city of the Jews; capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and then Judah
- 13. ten laws and teachings said to have been given to Moses by God
Down
- 1. the belief that there are many gods
- 3. the collection of ancient Jewish writings, or commentaries, that interpret the laws and teachings of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh
- 4. an ancient city in Israel that became a center for Jewish learning
- 5. the first religion based on worshipping one God, developed among the ancient Israelites
- 6. the belief that there is only one God
- 9. the Israelites’ kingdom; divided about 930 B.C.E. into two kingdoms called Judah and Israel
- 10. an agreement or promise