1. The Origins of Judaism & The Hebrews

2. Who Were the Hebrews? 1.Who were the Hebrews? a.With whom did they share the area? 2.The Hebrews lived … a.Area was a ?? b.Canaan was believed …

3. Phoenicians

4. Judaism: 1 st Monotheistic Religion 1.Monotheism 2.Religion started… 3.The Torah- a.Told…

5. How Did It All Start? 1.Around 2000 BCE … 2.Families traveled for years, to… 3.These Travels were part of a covenant a.Covenant b.People promised… God promised…

6. The Hebrews and Egypt 1.Hebrews migrate… a.At first … 2.Pharaoh becomes 3.One mother …

8. Who Was Moses? 1.Moses would … a.Known as 2.Exodus takes Moses … a.Here Moses gets… Movie

11. What About After Moses? 1.Jews wander … 2.After retaking … 3.1000 BCE- a.Who attacked? b.3 Kings…

12. The Kingdom of Israel 1.Philistines are … a.Jerusalem is 2.Solomon does what?? 3.Assyrians … 4.Neo-Babylonians …

13. Solomon’s Temple Before & After the Babylonians

14. Group Discussion Question Why do you think it was that people converted to Judaism and moved away from polytheistic beliefs? What were the advantages to Judaism? What were some disadvantages?