Across
- 1. an animal that Jewish people are not allowed to eat any part of
- 3. another name for the Hebrew Bible (or part of it anyway)
- 8. led the Hebrews from Mesopotamia west to Canaan, modern-day Israel
- 9. the belief that there is only one God
- 10. a might empire that that Hebrews rebelled against and lost, twice
- 12. the word for when a group of people are dispersed, or spread out, over a large area
- 13. a less-than-friendly empire against whom the Hebrews rebelled successfully
- 15. led the Hebrews out of Egyptian slavery and back to Canaan
- 16. all that remains today of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
Down
- 1. the empire that defeated the Babylonians and whose rulers were friendlier toward the Hebrews
- 2. another major religion that adopted the Jewish belief that there is only one God
- 4. ordered the building of the First Temple in Jerusalem
- 5. They destroyed Solomon's temple, the First Temple, beginning the Jewish Diaspora
- 6. founded a kingdom in Jerusalem
- 7. moses received these from God and gave them to the Hebrews
- 11. they destroyed the Second Temple
- 14. book of the Hebrew Bible King David is said to have written much of