| A | B |
|---|
| monotheism | the belief in one God |
| Ten commandments | Ten laws or prohibitions people needed to follow |
| covenant | an agreement between God and the people of Israel expressed through God's laws of proper use of the universe |
| Abraham | a man who questioned the religious beliefs of his ancestors and of the mesopotamia community, he lived in-decided to worship the sun |
| Moses | let the hebrews out of egypt |
| messian | a person that will lead the nations of the world in a timeof unity |
| orthadox Judaism | belive god gave the entire torah to moses in 2 parts- least organized Jewish religion |
| reform Judaism | belive that the torah was written and edited by human beings-belive that the torah ideas were inspired |
| conservative Judaism | belive that both humans wrote the torah and the torah was given to moses-3 prayer services daily |
| Judaism | jewish beliefs |
| Torah | jewish book of laws |
| Talmud | debate about jewish law-done by rabbies-tradition |
| david | king of israel |
| soloman | son of david-built first temple |
| rabbi | jewish priest |
| christianity | founded by jesus-teaches that men are sinful |
| jesus christ | founder of christianity |
| old testament | the jewish bible |
| new testament | with torah makes up old testement |
| gospels | "good news"- first four books of the new testament- mathhew, mark, luke, john- story of christ's life and death |
| baptism | when a baby is blessed with the "holy water" |
| pope | high ranked priest whith authority |
| Eucharist | "holy communion"- "breaking of bread" |
| Martin Luther | german priest |
| pro testantism | form of christianity -god deals with a man as a person |
| 12 apostles | closest followers of jesus |
| roman catholicism | largest religion-church is the teaching authority- church is sacramental agent |
| eastern orthodoxy | heavy ethnic comporent- claim to be catholic- have monastaries and missionaries |
| prostestant reformation | martin luther helped start it- reform catholic |
| islam | arabic word that means surrender, submission, peace- one god allah |
| allah | one god- use the word allah instead of god |
| koran | holy scripture of muslims |
| muhammad | 570-633 BCE -last prophet |
| 5 pillars of islam | 1declaration of faith 2prayer 3fasting 4almsgiving 5pilgramgae to mecca |
| ramadan | day of thanking god |
| Hadith | sayings and traditions of muhammed |
| Hajj | pilgramage to mecca |
| imam | muslim who leads congregational prayer- or a religious leader in a community |
| jihad | arabic word which means to strive- doesn't always mean "holy war" |
| mosque | used by non-muslims to describe a muslims' place of worship |
| sunnan | means habitt practice used to denote muhammads sayings |
| surah | a chapter in the koran |
| Mecca | holy city where you pilgramage to |
| sunni | muslim group- majority |
| shiite | muslim group- minority |
| minaret | in a mosque- where you call from |
| shari'an | the body of jurispudence which constitutes Islamic law |
| muezzin | the man who calls the prayers |
| bishep | ranked abouve priests- having authority |
| saint | recognized for no lives |
| fellanin | egyptian peasants |
| bedouin | nomadic arab of a desert |
| pastoralist | livestock raising |
| patriarchae | man based society |
| purdah | seclusion of women from public view |
| sheik | arab chief |
| urbanizaton | the quality or state of being urbanized |
| nomad | a person who has noticed residence- move place to place |
| patrilocal | residence with a husband's kin group or clan |
| bride wealth | a payment in the format money given to bride's family |
| jerusalem | capital of Israel- religous and historical importance |
| embargo | stepping trade |
| nationalization | governmental ownerships and control |
| cash crop | a crop grown only for sale |
| capital | a city with an official seat of government |
| desalinization | remove salt and other chemicals from sea water |
| hydro electric | energy from running water |
| kibbutz | a collective farmer settlement in modern Israel |
| subsistence crops | enough crps for the family |
