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