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1
Name the term for a solemn agreement; one existed between the Hebrew deity and Abraham and his people.
2
What was the outward sign of this agreement?
3
What is the name of the seven-branched Jewish candelabrum?
4
What was the name of the Hebrews' sacred decorated box that contained stone tablets?
5
What is the word for an "Anointed One" who will come to bring peace and justice to all in the future?
6
What is the term for the Dispersion of the Jews who live in exile outside of the homeland?
7
A portion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem remains standing. What is it called?
8
What is the name of Jewish houses of worship, after the fall of the Temple in Jerusalem?
9
What do Christians call the Jewish Bible?
10
Name the famous Jewish soldier and historian who wrote about the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in his History of the Jewish War.
11
What is the name of the Jewish literature outside of the canon that includes wisdom literature, stories, and history, including the history of the Maccabees?
12
What has become the dominant religion of Western culture?
13
What does the word "Christ" mean?
14
What language is it from?
15
Name the early Christian writer whose diatribes against the pleasures of the theaters and his intense denunciation of women as sexual temptresses became legendary. He was trained in Stoic philosophy in Roman Carthage.
16
What early depiction of Jesus was based on the Greco-Roman tradition and is still popular today? Both frescos and marble sculpture of this theme exist from the second and third centuries.
17
What is the term for praying figures in art work?
18
What Greek god's statue was blasphemously placed by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV in the Second Temple in Jerusalem?
19
Name the Jewish collection of legal rulings and commentaries. The Hebrew word means "learning."
20
The writers of the four Gospels of the Christian scriptures are known by what names?







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