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The Origins of Judaism
How do we know what we know? We get most of the
information about the ancient Hebrew’s from the first five books of the old testament
This is called the Torah Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
The God of Abraham God chose Abraham to
be the father of the Hebrew people
Abraham was a shepherd who live in the city of Ur, in Mesopotamia
Abraham was commanded to move his people to Canaan
Monotheism
The belief in only one god The earliest known monotheists are
Zoroasters The surviving monotheists are
Hebrews
Migration to Egypt The Hebrew’s
moved to Egypt Possibly due to
famine In Egypt they were
given places of honor at first
Eventually made slaves
Let My People Go! Moses led the Hebrew
people out of Egypt He was born to a
Hebrew mother and was hidden when Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed
He was adopted by the Egyptian royal family
He led the Hebrew’s out of Egypt and into the desert for 40 years
New Covenant
The Twelve Tribes
Kingdom of Israel King David King Solomon The Temple
Divided Kingdom
Israel is the Northern Kingdom (10 Tribes) The Northern Tribes Disappear Lose all identity
Judah in the South (2 Tribes) This is where we get the term Jews Never lose their identity
Assignment
Turn to page 77 Read all three stories
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