16.2 Conflict and Argument keywords

Question 1

Corban

Answer 1

a gift dedicated to god that could not be used for anything else

Question 2

Fasting

Answer 2

going without food on certain days as a sign of devotion to God

Question 3

The Law

Answer 3

the collection of laws handed down by God and collected in the Torah

Question 4

Palm Sunday

Answer 4

the Sunday before Good Friday when Christians remember how Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey

Question 5

Passion

Answer 5

the sufferings of Jesus, especially in the time leading up to his crucifixion

Question 6

Pharisees

Answer 6

a religious group, whose aim was to keep the traditional Jewish faith alive

Question 7

Ritual Cleanliness

Answer 7

the Jewish laws on food and washing which prevented anything unclean from entering the body

Question 8

Sabbath

Answer 8

the Jewish day of rest on the seventh day of the week

Question 9

Sadducees

Answer 9

group of priests who controlled the Temple and collaborated with the Romans

Question 10

Scribes

Answer 10

religious lawyers, originally men who made copies of the Torah

Question 11

Sinners

Answer 11

those who did not follow all the Jewish laws

Question 12

The Temple

Answer 12

the building in Jerusalem where sacrifices were made