Definitions-Judaism 2 (name To Definition).

Question 1

Messiah

Answer 1

The hope that God would send a King or ‘Anointed One’ to free the Jews from the Romans and let them have their land again.

Question 2

Prophecy

Answer 2

Words spoken about the future which are believed to have come from God. They after contain a warning of some sort.

Question 3

Palestine

Answer 3

The name of the land in which the Jews lived and Jesus was born.

Question 4

Pharisee

Answer 4

The strict religious men who saw themselves as following the Jewish rules to the letter of the law.

Question 5

Zealot

Answer 5

Jews who wanted to overthrow the Romans by force. They were prepared to fight for their land and freedoms.

Question 6

Samaritan

Answer 6

People who had once been Jewish but had married people from other lands and races. They were not liked by the Jews because of this.

Question 7

The Holy Of Holies

Answer 7

The inner most part of the Jewish temple where the high priest met God. It contained the Ark of the Covenant.

Question 8

The Sermon on the Mount

Answer 8

A famous set of teaching given by Jesus to the crowds who followed him. The sermon or talk got people to see the law differently.

Question 9

Martin Luther King

Answer 9

A famous leader of the American civil rights movement who protested peacefully against the way black people in America were treated.

Question 10

Segregation

Answer 10

An American law promoting the separation of people based on the colour of their skin

Question 11

Parable

Answer 11

A story told by Jesus which had a religious meaning or helped people understand his teaching and how it was different.

Question 12

Agape

Answer 12

The Greek work for ‘unconditional love’. The love that causes people to act according to their will not their feelings – sacrificial love.