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| Judaism | the religion of the Hebrews and Israelites(practiced by Jews today);the oldest monotheistic religion |
| Abraham | the Hebrew Bible says,God told Abraham to leave his home in Mesopotamia |
| Moses | In the 1200sBC,God told Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt |
| Exodus | the journey of the Israelites,led by Moses,from Egypt to Canaan after they were freed from slavery |
| Ten Commandments | in the Bible a code of moral laws given to Moses by God |
| David | The Hebrew Bible how David slew the Philistine giant Goliath |
| Solomon | David's son Solomon took the throne in about 965 BC |
| Diaspora | the dispersal of the Jews outside of Judah after the Babylonian Captivity |
| monotheism | the belief in only one God |
| Torah | the first five books of the Hebrew Bible and the most sacred text of Judaism |
| synagogue | a Jewish house of worship |
| prophets | someone who is said to receive messages from God to be taught to others |
| Talmud | a set of commentaries and lessons for everyday life in Judaism |
| Dead Sea Scrolls | writings about Jewish beliefs created about 2,000 years ago |
| Zealots | radical Jews who supported rebelion against the Romans |
| rabbis | a Jewish religious leader and teacher |
| Passover | a holiday in which Jews remember the Exodus |
| High Holy Days | the two most sacred of all Jewish holidays-Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur |
