| A | B |
|---|
| Assyrians | conquered the Northern Kingdom, Israel |
| Babylonians | conquered the Southern Kingdom, Judah |
| Exile | 587 B.C.E., Jews deported to Babylon |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Babylon's most powerful king, responsible for the Exile |
| diaspora | scattering of jews to many nations |
| Torah | Jewish Law |
| Baruch | friend and secretary of Jeremiah |
| Ezekiel | vision of a Valley of Dry Bones |
| Samaritans | did not support the rebuilding of the Temple |
| Hosea | used the image from his marriage to prophecy |
| Book of Isaiah | had three authors |
| Isaiah Chapters 40-55 | also known as Second Isaiah, used the image of the Suffering Servant |
| Ezra | said the law should be the center of Jewish life |
| circumcision | Jewish rite performed on male infants as a sign of membership in the community |
| priestly writers | made the Sabbath a central observance of the Jewish people |
| banking | an occupation first developed in Babylon |
| synagogue | means "gathering place", and refers to houses of worship first built for Jews in Babylon |
| Micah | preached an end to social injustice |
| Jeremiah | prophet during Exile, foretold the destruction of Jerusalem, had a life of rejection and suffering |
| Haggai | shamed the people into beginning to rebuild the Temple |
| Nehemiah | governor of Jerusalem, rebuilt the city walls in 52 days |
| Ezra | priest-scribe who reinstated the sacred Law in Jerusalem, Gave Judaism the form it has today |
| Themes of Second Isaiah | Yahweh is all powerful, Yahweh is holy, Yahweh is faithful and the Israelites must put hope in a Faithful One(Messiah) |
| Mt. Zion | hill in Jerusalem |
| Hannukah | feast which celebrates the victory of the Maccabees |
| Theodicy | defense of God's goodness in the face of evil |
| Theme of "Sour grapes" | group solidarity |
| assimilation | process through which Jews abandoned their traditions and became members of other cultures |
| Second Isaiah | prophet of hope during the Exile |
| Jews in Exile | worked in royal service, built houses |
