Judaism Flashcards
Judaism Terms (27 cards)
YHWH- Adonai
General term for Lord
Yetzer Hatov
The good inclination/instint
Yetzer Hara
The evil instinct/inclination
Mishnah
The first written recording of the oral Torah of the Jewish people.
French Revolution
CA. 1789
- Jews received full citizenship rights in France
- Napoleon abolished the ghettos wherever he went
- They accepted the idea of the American Revolution that, “all men are created equal.”
Asherah
Goddess
- Cohort with El
- Female deity
El
General term for God
Bar Mitzvah
“Son of the Commandment”
-The assumption of responsibility before God for keeping the Torah
Bath Mitzvah
“Daughter of the Commandment”
-The assumption of responsibility before God for keeping the Torah
Kosher
Body of ritual Jewish law dealing with what foods can and cannot be eaten, and how those foods must be prepared and consumer.
Shema
Basic statement of faith from Deuteronomy 6 that begins, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God.”
Tanak
Name for the Hebrew Bible, an acronym formed from the first letters of Torah (the law), Nevi’im (the prophets) and Kethuvim (the writings)
Ashkenazic
Jews in midieval and modern times living in Western, Central, and Eastern Europe.
Sephardic
Jews in midieval and modern times living in the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain.
Maccabean Revolt
Rebellion against Hellenistic Greek rulers led by Judas Maccabeus and his sons.
Rabbi
Teachers of the law and successors of the Pharisees who eventually gained influence and judicial authority over Judaism.
Synagogue/Temple
“Gathering” of local Jews in a congregational for worship and community life, a term later applied to a building.
Torah
Teachings and commandments conveyed by Moses, particularly in the first five books of the bible.
Zionism
Modern movement for large Jewish immigrants (immigration) into Palestine
Mitzvah
One of the four pillars of Judaism
-A commandment of the Jewish law
Hasidic
Of or relation to the Jewish Hasidim or its members of their beliefs and practices.
-A member of a Jewish mystic movement founded in the 18th century in Eastern Europe by Baal Shem Tov that reached against Talmudic learned and maintained that God’s presence was in all of one’s surroundings and that one should serve God in one’s every deed and word.
Septuagint (LXX)
Greek translation of the Jewish bible
Kabala
A midieval and modern system of Jewish theosophy, mysticism, and thaumaturgy marked by beliefs in creation through emanation and a cipher method of interpreting Scripture
Henotheism
Belief and worship of only one God, but accepting the existence of other deities that may also be worshipped
