Notes- L2 Jewish Beliefs and Texts
Name _____________________________
Period ________
The Big Idea
The central ideas and laws of Judaism are contained in
sacred texts such as the _____________.
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Main Ideas
Beliefs in _________, __________________, ______________, and
__________________anchor Jewish society.
Jewish beliefs are listed in the _____________, the ________________, and the
Commentaries.
The __________________________________ reveal many past Jewish beliefs.
The ideas of Judaism have helped shape later ________________.
Main Idea 1: Belief in God, education, justice, and obedience anchor
Jewish society.
 Belief in ___________ god
 Judaism is the world’s ________________and possibly the ____________
monotheistic religion_____________________ is the belief in only one god.
 Belief in ___________________
 Teaching _________________, mostly boys, has always been important to
Jewish society.
 Belief in ________________and_____________________
 Jews are expected to be __________and _________in dealing with other
people, in a display of justice.
 They are also supposed to be righteous and do what is __________________.
 Belief in ____________________ and ____________
 They obey ___________ and _______________
laws such as the _____________________________
and _______________________.
Notes- L2 Jewish Beliefs and Texts
Name _____________________________
Period ________
Moses and the Golden Calf
Main Idea 2: Jewish beliefs are listed in the Torah, the Hebrew Bible,
and the Commentaries.
The Torah
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This is a
collection of ____
___________ that
make up the most
___________text
in Judaism.
Nearly every
_____________
has one.
The Hebrew Bible
• This is made up
of the _________,
the ___________,
and the Book of
_____________.
• It is also made up
of eight books
that describe the
messages of the
______________.
The Commentaries
• Because some
laws are hard to
understand,
scholars wrote
commentaries to
____________
them.
• They can be
found in the
______________.
Main Idea 3: The Dead Sea Scrolls reveal many past Jewish beliefs.
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The ___________________________________ were found in 1947.
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It is suspected that they were written between 100 BC and AD 50.
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The scrolls included _______________, ___________________,
_______________, and ________________from the
_______________________.
Notes- L2 Jewish Beliefs and Texts
Name _____________________________
Period ________
Dead Sea Scrolls
Main Idea 4: The ideas of Judaism have helped shape later cultures.
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Judaism helped shape the ______________religion of Western society today,
_________________, as well as _______________.
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Many people still look to the Ten Commandments as a ____________ and
do not work on the weekends, to honor the _________________.
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People also give to ____________________, which is largely based on
___________________________________.