Ancient Hebrews Flashcards
(25 cards)
land on the East side of the Mediterranean
Canaan
part of the Sahara desert
Egypt
Narrow sea between Egypt and and the middle East
Red Sea
Major city between the dead sea and Mediterranean sea
Jerusalem
Monotheism
Belief in one God
_____:Oral tradition of stories that taught laws and rules to live by, were eventually written down in the___ _________.
Torah/Old testament
_______ ruled earlier tribes,teaching the _____ resolving disputes among the _______ people
Judges/Torah/Hebrews
what did the Hebrews grow?
Grapes,Wheat, and Olives
_______was also traded with neighboring tribes and countries.
Lumber
what was common for Hebrews
Sheep herding
who brought prosperity for trading what and other goods with surrounding countries.
King Solomon/Lumber
According to the ancient Hebrew oral tradition,Abraham had only on son named_____at the old age of __. Isaac had two sons,____ and _____.______ offspring became the _______tribe. Jacob was renamed ______,and he fathered__sons that would create the ______ ______of Isreal.
Isaac/99/Esay/Jacob/Esay’s/Edomite/Isreal/12/twelve tribes
The Ancient Hebrews, known as ____ in modern times,were a people living in what was later called Mesopotamia. The Ancient Hebrews worshiped a single God. God made the Ancient Hebrews promises of blessings through_______,A descendent of ____,the first man on Earth.
Jews/Abraham/Adam
what class worked hard?
Middle class
_____were respected and had rights,but men were more powerful.
Women
________, or scattering, of the Hebrews made them low class to other countries, and in most cases they became______
Diaspora/Slaves
who taught people the law and resolved disputes?
Judges
Later, who ruled the Hebrews
Kings
Laws came from their___,Written in the ___ _________.
God/Old testament
who taught the laws and sought Gods guidance, even for kings.
Priest
What was the oldest known religious text
Torah
___ ___________is oldest known source to state that the earth is _____and hangs in space.
old testament/round
The Hebrews gained geographic intelligence due to________,the scattering or spread.
Diaspora
______and _____eventually written in book of ______in old testament.
Poetry/songs/psalms
