Ancient Israel Worksheet

of, relating to, or constituting a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Amharic
a member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine and, according to biblical tradition, descended from the patriarch Jacob, grandson of Abraham
the cultural, social, and religious beliefs and practices of the Jews
an Old Testament patriarch regarded by Jews as the father of the Hebrew people
the doctrine or belief that there is but one God
the body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred literature and oral tradition
a Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery and at Mt. Sinai delivered the Law establishing God's covenant with them
the ethical commandments of God given according to biblical accounts to Moses by voice and by writing on stone tablets on Mount Sinai
the Jewish Scriptures comprising the books of law, the prophets, and collected writings
kingdom in ancient Palestine comprising the lands occupied by the Hebrew people
became the first king of Israel
a Hebrew shepherd who became the second king of Israel in succession to Saul according to biblical accounts
a son of David and 10th century b.c. king of Israel proverbial for his wisdom
a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel
His father Nabopolassar was an official of the Neo-Assyrian Empire who rebelled in 620 BC and established himself as the king of Babylon
the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland
contain extensive apocalyptic literature relating to the final messianic battle at the End of Days
were the ten of the Twelve Tribes of Israel that were said to have been deported from the Kingdom of Israel
one who utters divinely inspired revelations
also known as the First Temple, was the Holy Temple in ancient Jerusalem before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II