Judaism chapter is LONG with lots of names. I had ChatGPT extract all the names from the chapter with dates and short descriptions of each. My test will be open book BUT I still like to have a ‘gist’ of a who’s who. I’m about 1/3 of the way through. (World History) 1. Abraham(c. 1900–1700 BCE)
o First patriarch of Judaism; made covenant with God.
2. Moses(c. 1300–1200 BCE)
o Led the Israelites out of Egypt; received the Ten Commandments.
3. David(c. 1010–970 BCE)
o King of Judah and Israel; established Jerusalem as the capital.
4. Solomon(961–931 BCE)
o King of Israel; built the First Temple in Jerusalem.
5. Ezra the Scribe (c. 430 BCE)
o Publicly read the Torah; helped compile Jewish laws.
6. Hillel the Elder (30 BCE–10 CE)
o Jewish religious leader; promoted the Golden Rule.
7. Rabbi Akiva (c. 90 CE)
o Key figure in setting the Jewish canon (Tanakh).
8. Maimonides(1135–1204 CE)
o Philosopher; synthesized reason and faith in Judaism.
9. The Baal Shem Tov (c. 1700–1760 CE)
o Founded Hasidism, a mystical and joyful form of Jewish piety.
10. Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786 CE)
o Father of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah); promoted integration into modern society.
11. Shabbatai Tzevi (1626–1676 CE)
o Claimed to be the Messiah; converted to Islam under duress.
12. Isaac Luria (1534–1572 CE)
o Developed Lurianic Kabbalah; emphasized the idea of tikkun olam (repairing the world).
13. Cyrus the Great (600–530 BCE)
o Persian king; allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Second Temple.
14. Alexander the Great (356–323 BCE)
o His conquests led to the Hellenization of the Eastern Mediterranean, influencing Jewish culture.
15. Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175–164 BCE)
o Hellenistic ruler who persecuted Jews, leading to the Maccabean Revolt.
16. Simon bar Kokhba (d. 135 CE)
o Led a Jewish revolt against the Romans; briefly established an independent state.
17. Judah the Patriarch (c. 200 CE)
o Compiled the Mishnah, a key legal text of the oral Torah.
18. Vespasian(9–79 CE)
o Roman general who destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE after the Jewish revolt.
19. Moses Sofer (1762–1839 CE)
o Leader of Orthodox Judaism; advocated against modernization and assimilation.
20. George Washington (1732–1799 CE)
o First U.S. president; promoted religious freedom, including for Jews in America.
21. Elijah(9th century BCE)
o Hebrew prophet; warned Israel about idolatry and promoted worship of Yahweh.
22. Samuel(11th century BCE)
o Prophet who anointed Saul and David as kings of Israel.
23. Nebuchadnezzar II (c. 634–562 BCE)
o Babylonian king who destroyed the First Temple and exiled the Jews to Babylon.
24. Theodor Herzl (1860–1904 CE)
o Founder of modern political Zionism; advocated for the establishment of a Jewish state.
25. Yochanan ben Zakkai (1st century CE)
o Rabbi who helped preserve Judaism after the destruction of the Second Temple by founding an academy in Yavne.
26. Rabbi Lawrence Kushner (b. 1943 CE)
o Modern rabbi; emphasized “awe of God’s greatness” in Judaism.
27. Adin Steinsaltz (1937–2020 CE)
o Talmudic scholar; translated and explained the Talmud for modern readers.