Lesson 6 Worksheet

Lesson 6 Worksheet Instructions: Print this worksheet and complete it using your book and notes. Then return to the assessments area to submit your answers.

1) Multiple Choice The covenant that Yahweh established with Moses (10 commandments) was: A. a 2-way covenant for Hebrews B. a 1-way covenant with the whole world C. a 2-way covenant with all people in Palestine D. an unconditional covenant with the Hebrew slaves in Egypt

2) Multiple Choice For Jews, the title "son of God" means: A. a divine messenger, sent from Yahweh B. a special servant of God, such as a King, who was ritually "adopted" by Yahweh C. a child who was being anointed into the priesthood D. an end-times figure who would come to destroy evil in the world

3) Multiple Choice The first Israelite Temple was established when: A. Abraham led the people into Canaan B. Moses led the people out of Egypt C. Solomon was king of Israel D. Esra led the people home from Babylon

4) Multiple Choice The first Temple was destroyed when the Jews: A. rebelled against God, and God punished them by destroying the temple with fire B. lost a war to the Assyrian Empire C. the Babylonians invaded and carried them off into the Exile D. the Romans invaded and besieged Jerusalem

5) Multiple Choice Levitical religion ended with: A. The destruction of the first temple B. The destruction of the second temple C. The creation of synagogues during the Diaspora D. The fall of the Roman Empire

6) Multiple Choice Some fundamentalist groups hope for a return of Levitical religion, but recognize that it cannot until what other religious structure is destroyed? A. An Egyptian pyramid in Cairo (to fulfill prophecy) B. A pagan temple in Babylon (modern Baghdad, Iraq) C. An Islamic mosque in Jerusalem D. A wall along the Gaza Strip in Palestine

7) Multiple Choice Jews in ___ became leaders of worldwide Judaism during the Middle Ages. A. Babylon B. Jerusalem C. Spain D. Poland

8) Multiple Choice Ghettoes were first formed during the: A. Seventeenth century in Germany. B. Counter-Reformation in Rome. C. Crusades in the Rhineland. D. Ottoman Empire in Turkey.

9) Multiple Choice This Jewish thinker advocated that modern Jews enter the European mainstream: A. Isaac Luria B. Moses Mendelssohn C. Shabbatai Zevi D. Baal Shem Tov

10) Multiple Choice Today the largest group within Judaism is: A. Orthodox. B. Reformed C. Conservative D. Reconstructionist

11) Multiple Choice Today the largest population of Jews in the world is found in: A. Miami, Florida B. Jerusalem C. New York City, New York. D. Paris 12) Multiple Choice The Balfour Declaration: A. called for Jewish deportation out of Europe B. called for the Britain-supported creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. C. made it illegal for Jews to own business in Britain during WWII. D. was a United Nations document partitioning Palestine into two parts.

13) Multiple Choice The Talmud is: A. a book about the prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures. B. a book of mystical Judaic beliefs and prayers in the Middle Ages C. a combination of the Gemara and the Mishnah. D. a combination of the Torah and the Kabbalah.

14) Multiple Choice The Jewish Holiday is festive, full of lights and gift giving and commemorates the rededication of the temple by the Maccabean Revolt A. Purim B. Bar Mitzvah C. Chanukah D. Shavuot

15) Multiple Answer This Jewish holiday incorporates a week long period of penitence and is followed by a day of ritual atonement/forgiveness. A. Shavuot B. Rosh Hashanah C. Yom Kippur D. Sukkot

16) True/False The first set of books of the Hebrew Scriptures are called the Pentateuch. A. True B. False

17) True/False Hebrew scriptures are identical in content and structure to a Christian "Old Testament." A. True B. False

18) True/False One of the earliest designations for God, used by Abraham and his clan, was "Jehovah." (the Romanized form of Yahweh) A. True B. False

19) True/False Ezra was an influential Jew who returned from the Babylonian Exile and probably began the process of collecting the writings that make up the Jewish Bible. A. True B. False

20) True/False The Hebrew/Jewish faith saw God first (through Abraham) as a local, wandering diety, then (in Palestine) as a resident God of a particular people, then (after the return from Exile) as a universal God of all peoples. A. True B. False

21) True/False The synagogue – rabbinical system develops in Judaism because of the Diaspora. A. True B. False

22) True/False The Muslim rulers of Spain in the Middle Ages were extremely brutal in their suppression and persecution of Jews. A. True B. False

23) True/False The Kabbalahists were deeply concerned with the theological question of how a good God could allow so much evil in the world. A. True B. False

24) True/False A 13th century Catholic Council decreed that all Jews must wear yellow badges for easy identification. A. True B. False 25) True/False Being a Jew refers only to one's religious affiliation, and has nothing to do with ethnicity, nationality, or political beliefs. A. True B. False

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Jerusalem: City of Conflict

Jerusalem is, without question, the most hotly contested property in history. Jews, Muslims, and Christians all claim ownership of this sacred city (in part or as a whole). But whose claim is valid? Read this Jewish perspective on the issue of ownership.

1. According to this summary, when and how did Jews acquire this city?

According to the summary, Judaism made Jerusalem a holy city more than three thousand years ago. Even though some Muslims claim Jebusite ancestry and contend that the Jebusites founded Jerusalem during the Bronze Age, many Jews doubt any of the Muslims are related to the Jebusites of that era and dismiss the idea of such.

2. According to this summary, when and why did Muslims build the two mosques (worship buildings) on top of the temple mount?

According to the summary, Muslims built the mosques on top of the temple mount because Syrian Muslims could not access Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and At Ta’if when the people of what is now Iraq revolted and conquered the region in eastern Saudi Arabia containing these cities. To give the Syrian Muslim followers a substitute, the fifth Ommaid caliph resolved the problem by making Jerusalem a center of pilgrimage and building a Mosque where the Temple once stood. Although he never built a “mosque” at the site, this caliph did erect a large square building for the Syrian Muslims to pray.

‘Abd-al-malik replaced this square building with the Dome of the Rock in 691. Less than 25 years later, in 715 the Omaaid caliphs built the second mosque at the Temple of the Mount. They called it the Furthest Mosque as stated in the Qur’an. By associating the Furthest Mosque with Prophet Muhammed’s Night Journey to heaven, they intertwined Jerusalem with the Prophet and the Qur’an and perhaps the contentions about Jebus (Jerusalem) being founded by the Jebusites.

3. Your opinions: compare these claims with other property claims in history (Native Americans vs. colonists; England vs. colonists; Texas vs. Mexico; etc.). Does it matter who owned it first? why? For more pro-Jewish views, some of the links at the bottom of the "palestinefacts" webpage offer a more lengthy explanation.

I think that land and peoples are tied across time and space. Inevitably, the descriptions, the narratives people provide are windows to association with the land, one’s people and culture. This is true every place in the world. Whereas the Native Americans did not believe in land ownership, they most certainly disapproved of the way the English used the land and staked claims to it. Since it violated the Native Americans’ cultural beliefs and codes, this is understandable. Yet, one must also consider how far advanced the Native American thinking was and is in this respect. After all, each man’s actions inevitably affect the world.

For this reason and many others, the inhabitants of a land always construct a narrative to “justify” or support actions and beliefs. Regardless, it is important to recognize the claims, to understand the stories and the history of each place. After all, each people have inevitably left their marks on the land and in history. Alternately, the land, the history and culture have also coauthored the adaptive strategies of the people, both the original inhabitants and the subsequent ones.

This is due on 3/30…

I will get the discussion question to you later this week. http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_jerusalem.php