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