Unit 2 - Key Terms - Conflict and argument

Question 1

The law?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Sinners?

Answer 2

Those who did not follow all the Jewish laws.

Question 3

Pharisees?

Answer 3

A religious group whose aim was to keep the traditional Jewish faith alive.

Question 4

Sabbath?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Fasting?

Answer 5

Going without food on certain days as a sign of devotion of God.

Question 6

Ritual cleanliness?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Corban?

Answer 7

A gift dedicated to God which meant that it could not be used for anything else.

Question 8

Passion?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Palm Sunday?

Answer 9

The Sunday before Good Friday when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey.

Question 10

The temple?

Answer 10

The building in Jerusalem where sacrifices were made.

Question 11

Scribes (‘teachers of the law’)?

Answer 11

Religious lawyers; originally men who made copies of the Torah.

Question 12

Sadducees?

Answer 12

Group of priests who controlled the Temple and collaborated with the Romans.