SUMMARY OF KEY TERMS

SECTION 1, JUDAISM

SEPT 7:

Abraham, Abrahamic Covenant

Exodus

Revelation at Mt. Sinai

David, Solomon, Davidic Monarchy

Jerusalem Temple

Prophets

Babylonian Exile (586 BCE)

Hebrew Bible/Tanakh

Torah

Nevi'im

Ketubim

12 tribes of Israel, 10 lost tribes of Israel

Sacred History

SEPT 11:

Babylonian Exile

Second Temple

Hellenization

Diaspora

Septuagint (LXX)

Apocrypha

Pharisees

Sadducees

Essenes, Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran community

Apocalyptic, eschatology, messiah, messianism

SEPT 14:

Rabbi, rabbinic Judaism

Oral Torah, Written Torah

Mishnah

Talmud (Yerushalmi = Palestinian Talmud; Bavli = Babylonian Talmud)

Halakha

Aggadah

Gemara

Midrash

Nasi (= Patriarch)

SEPT 21:

Targum

Gaon

Ashkenazim

Sephardim

Responsum, pl. Responsa

Kabbalah

Sephirot

Shekhinah

Rashi

Maimonides

Zohar

SEPT 25:

Hasidim

Mizvah, pl. Mizvot

Kashrut/Kosher

Berachot

Minyan

Synagogue, Shul

Tallis

Tefillin

Menorah

Mezuzzah

Yiddish

Siddur

Kaddish, Mourners’ Kaddish

Shema

Amida, Shemoneh Esreh

Circumcision, Bris

Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah

Shiva

Sabbath (Shabbat)

High Holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Pilgrim Festivals: Passover (Pesach), Shavuot (Pentecost), Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)

Minor Festivals: Hanukhah, Purim

Fast Days: Tisha B’Av