Across
- 2. Means "one who fights with God." The name given to the patriarch Jacob after he wrestles with a stranger.
- 4. Stranger" or "foreigner." A term for nomadic tribes of the ancient Middle East, one of which became the Jewish people.
- 5. The name for God given to Moses, means "I am who I am" or "I will be who I will be." This name is held sacred and is not spoken by pious (virtuous) Jews. They say _________ means lord God is unfathomable mystery. God exists and is an active presence in the world.
- 6. Anointed one a king; a charismatic ruler who will restore peace and prosperity to Israel, as King David had done. Jews today speak more of a "messianic age" than of a particular person.
- 8. Designated by God to be the sign of the covenant for male Jews.
- 10. Belief that God creates the universe but then never again takes an active part in it.
Down
- 1. Actively seeking converts to a religion.
- 3. Jews living in Christian-controlled lands originally from Germany and Eastern Europe.
- 7. Passover meal.
- 9. Greek term for messiah. After the time of Jesus, came to be applied exclusively to Jesus and no longer used by Jews.