1. Warm Up
What is a religion? What questions does religion try to answer?

2. Religious Discussions
We teach about religions
We will be respectful
We won’t speculate about Truth
(Capital T)
Every religion tells us something about humanity
Every religion can look strange from outside

3. Religious Discussions
Understanding religions will help us understand why the world is the way it is today
It will help us understand the decisions that people make
It will help us understand how people interact in the Modern World
We are all learning (including me)

4. Warm Up: Judaism
How is Abraham different from other individuals we have met this year?

7. Judaism What is the name of the Jewish Holy Book?
How is the Jewish God (Yahweh) different than other Gods we have studied?

8. The Abrahamic Religions
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
All come from Abraham.
All tell the story of Abraham in their holy books.

12. The Story of the Jews
God promises to protect Abraham’s people, and give them the land of Canaan (Israel)
The Covenant: Abraham promised to obey God. In return, God protects him and his descendants.

13. Abrahamic Religions The word of the Lord came to Abraham in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abraham. I am your shield…” 7 God also said to Abraham, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur to give you this land [Israel].”

14. Abraham and Isaac

15. Abraham’s First Sacrifice
8 But Abraham said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?” 9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a cow, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”

17. The Covenant
13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated…” 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land…”

19. Abraham, Sarah (Sarai), and Isaac

20. The Test
2 And God said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

21. 3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and cut the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the donkey; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

22. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

24. 7 And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said: “My father,” and Abraham said, “Here am I, my son.”
And Isaac said, “Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

27. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

32. This God demands obedience

33. 11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

37. 15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy descendants as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy descendants shall possess the gate of his enemies;

38. Recap
What do you remember from Friday? Who? What? Where? Why? How are the people we met on Friday different than other people we have met? How is Yahweh different than other Gods we have studied?

39. The Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
18 And in thy descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

40. Big Problems The Exodus. What Holiday celebrates the Exodus?
Who led it?
What did God give to this leader?

41. The Story of the Jews
Migrated to Egypt
Enslaved in Egypt

44. Ten Plagues of Egypt Water to blood Frogs Gnats or Lice Flies
Livestock Diseased
Boils
Thunder and Hail
Locusts
Darkness
Death of the Firstborn

45. And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.
(Exodus 8:2)

46. “Hop” to it Moses
Time to “Kermit” my revenge
I hope the Egyptians
“croak”
I guess this is the
“frog” of war
Are you in de-Nile
about Moses?
I “toad” you to
set my people free

51. The Story of the Jews
Passover: God protects the Jews

54. Moses on Mount Sinai

56. The Ten Commandments Similar to Hammurabi’s code?
A Covenant: A Mutual Promise
Graven Image=Idol worship (worshipping a physical representation of the gods)
How are the Ten Commandments:
Similar to Hammurabi’s code?
Different from Hammurabi’s Code?

57. “Graven Images” and False Idols

58. Back to Israel

59. The Story of the Jews
King Solomon: The Wise King King of Israel (Canaan) Built the First Temple in Jerusalem Mount Zion/Temple Mount The Judgment of Solomon

60. The Judgment of Solomon

61. 1 Kings 3:16- 28

62. The First Temple

64. The Story of the Jews
Assyrians (Babylonians) conquer Israel Destroy the First Temple!

65. The First Temple!
Babylonians!

67. The Babylonian Captivity

69. The Story of the Jews Cyrus the Great and the Persians conquer Babylon
Allows the Jews to return to Jerusalem
The Jews build the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
The Romans take control of the Middle East
(Christianity begins)

73. The Story of the Jews
The Jews Rebel against the Romans (twice) .

74. The Romans Destroy the 2nd Temple!

75. Romans!
The Second Temple!

76. The Western Wall: “The Wailing Wall”

78. The Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock

80. The Jewish Diaspora 70 CE-1948 CE

82. The Abrahamic Religions: Create a short (8 panel) comic retelling the Story of Abraham and the Origin of Judaism
Include: The Story of Abraham The Exodus Egypt (Passover) Moses and Mt. Sinai King Solomon The Babylonian Captivity The Jewish Diaspora A caption for each On the back: Write a thesis statement answering this prompt: How will the origins of Judaism impact the development of the religion?