The Origins of Judaism

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The Origins of Judaism

• Chapter 3-Section 4

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The Search for a Promised Land

• Torah-The first five books of the Hebrew Bible,
  contains the sacred writing of the Jewish people
• Abraham- Considered the father of the Hebrew
  people.

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The Search for a Promised Land

• Monotheism-The belief of one god. In the Hebrew
  faith called Yahweh.
• Covenant-A mutual promise between God and the
  founder of the Hebrew people

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Moses and the Exodus

• The Exodus- The period of time where the Hebrew
  people fled Egypt.
• Moses-The man who God commanded to lead the
  Jewish people out of slavery

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Moses and the Exodus

• The 10 plagues as they appear in the Bible
• Water, which turned to blood and killed all fish
  and other aquatic life (Exodus 71425)
• Frogs (Exodus 81815)
• Lice (Exodus 81619)
• Flies or wild animals (Exodus 82030)
• Disease on livestock (Exodus 917)
• Incurable boils (Exodus 9812)
• Hail and thunder (Exodus 91335)
• Locusts (Exodus 10120)
• Darkness (Exodus 102129)
• Death of the first-born of all Egyptian humans
  and animals.
• To be saved, the Israelites had to place the
  blood of a lamb on the front door of their
  houses. (Exodus 11, Exodus 12)

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The Hebrew Exodus
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Evidence of the Hebrew Exodus
Human and Horse Bones
Chariot Wheels
Crossing Path
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Moses and the Exodus

• The 10 Commandments-Basis for civil and religious
  laws in Judaism
• The New Covenant-God promised to protect the
  Jewish people and the people promised to keep
  Gods commandments

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Moses and the Exodus

• After fleeing from Egypt the Hebrew people
  wandered the desert for 40 years searching for
  the promised land

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The Kingdom of Israel

• Saul and David Establish a Kingdom
• From 1020 to 922 B.C. the Hebrew people united
  under three Kings
• Saul, David, and Solomon
• This new kingdom became known as Israel

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The Babylonian Captivity

• 738 B.C.
• Israel and Judah began paying tributes to Assyria
  
• 539 B.C.
• After the defeat of Judah and Israel Solomons
  temple was destroyed by the Babylonians
• A new Temple was rebuilt 445 B.C