| A | B |
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| The dilemma of why the good suffer and the wicked prosper in this life | Problem of Evil |
| A Jewish feast that celebrates Esther’s triumph | Purim |
| A Hebrew word meaning “fit” or “proper” ; food prepared this way follows Jewish dietary laws | Kosher |
| Prayers originally set to music and meant to be sung in public worship, in some cases along with certain liturgical actions | Psalms |
| The official daily prayer of the Catholic Church; also called the Liturgy of the Hours | Divine Office |
| A story about a virtuous man who loses everything- wealth, family, health. He bears his suffering patiently, trusting in, not questioning God. | Job |
| A Greek word for teacher. | Ecclesiastes |
| Hebrew word for teacher who came to the conclusion that life was a mystery he could not solve. The sensible thing, he says in his book, is to accept it from the hand of God and enjoy it as well as one can. | Quoheleth |
| He wanted to instruct his followers who were confused by the philosophical questions of the Greeks. He wrote that all wisdom comes from God- not from Greek thought. | Sirach |
| A story of a faithful Jew whose love for his fellow Israelites extends to burying their corpses in a time of Assyrian persecution. He is cured of blindness. | Tobit |
| The story tells of a young Israelite woman who saves her people from destruction at the hands of Holofernes, Nebuchadrezzar’s cruel general. | Judith |
| A fictional queen who triumphs over the villain Hamon and thus saves the Jewish people from annihilation. | Esther |
| Plans to annihilate the Jews living in Persia. | Haman |
| King of Persia around 485 BCE where many of the Dispersion Jews settled | Ashauerus |
| He is sent by God to Nineveh, the capitol of Assyria, to warn its people that their wickedness is known and is about to be punished. The story makes a serious point, that God’s mercy extends to all. | Jonah |
