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Title: Judaism


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Judaism
  • First Monotheistic Religion

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Contributions of the Hebrews
  • Monotheism
  • First People to believe in a single God
  • Saw God as more abstract, less human, all
    knowing, all powerful. Always just
  • Old Testament
  • Hebrews recorded their history, laws, beliefs
  • Called the Hebrew Bible
  • Written Down in 10th C. BCE
  • High moral principles
  • Mosaic Law (Law of Moses)
  • Torah First Five books of Old Testament
  • Ten Commandments
  • what is hateful unto thee do not do unto others

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Founder
  • Abraham
  • Born in Ur, rejected polytheism of his people
  • 1800 BCE God commanded him to migrate to land of
    Canaan (Israel)
  • Covenant
  • Made a covenant (agreement) with Yahweh (God)
  • Hebrews will worship no other God
  • Hebrews are Gods chosen people
  • 1650 BCE Descendants move to Egypt because of
    drought and famine
  • Eventually forced into slavery

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Abrahams Genealogy
ABRAHAM
SARAH
HAGAR
Isaac
Ishmael
12 Arabian Tribes
Esau
Jacob
12 Tribes of Israel
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Moses
  • Led people from servitude in Egypt
  • Exodus 1300-1200 BCE
  • Remembered during Festival of Passover
  • Story of Moses
  • Pharaoh ordered all Hebrew Male babies to be
    killed
  • Afraid of too many Hebrews
  • Moses mother hid her baby along the reeds in the
    Nile
  • Pharaoh's wife found him and raised him
  • God Commanded him to bring Hebrews out of Egypt
  • Moses crossing Mt. Sinai, went on mountain to
    pray
  • Brought down two stone tablets containing the 10
    Commandments
  • Wander for 40 years, then led back into Canaan
    after death of Moses

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Route of the Exodus
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Three Kings 1020-922 BCE
  • 1400 1200 BCE
  • Semitic Speaking Hebrews gradually invaded and
    settled Palestine
  • where the Phoenicians lived
  • New Kingdom called Israel
  • Saul
  • United 12 Tribes of Israel, led against
    Philistines
  • Became first Hebrew King
  • David
  • Slew Goliath, Philistine Giant
  • Succeeded Saul as King
  • Wrote many Psalms including
  • The Lord is My Shepherd, I shall not Want
  • Solomon
  • Son of David, know for Wisdom
  • Built temple in capital of Jerusalem
  • Taxes so high, that North revolted, Kingdom broke
    into two Judea and Israel
  • 500 Years of Independence

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Recreation of Ancient Jerusalem
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The Temple Mount, Jerusalem Today
Solomons Temple Wall The Wailing Wall
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Babylonian Captivity Jewish Diaspora
  • 738 BCE Judea and Israel began paying tribute to
    Assyria for protection
  • 722 BCE Assyrians Conquered
  • 586 BCE Babylonians conquered Jerusalem,
    destroyed Solomon's Temple and exiled Hebrews to
    Babylon
  • Called the Babylonian Captivity
  • 539 BCE Persians captured Babylon
  • Hebrews allowed to return and rebuild Temple

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Kingdoms of Judah Israel
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More Origins
  • 445 BCE Temple was finished
  • Region was taken over by Greeks and, later,
    Romans
  • 70 CE Romans suppressed revolt and drove people
    from land
  • This is why Jews are spread throughout the world
  • Many Jews returned to Palestine after 1948 when
    part of land became Jewish state of Israel

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Dailies Judaism
  • Describe the Covenant.
  • Who are the two sons of Abraham? Who is descended
    from each?
  • What happened to Solomons Temple?
  • What are the ruins of the temple called today?
  • Describe why Palestine is still a contested land
    today.
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