Transcript The-Origins-of

The Origins of Judaism
Chapter 3-Section 4
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.
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
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
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 7:14–25)
• Frogs (Exodus 8:1–8:15)
• Lice (Exodus 8:16–19)
• Flies or wild animals (Exodus 8:20–30)
• Disease on livestock (Exodus 9:1–7)
• Incurable boils (Exodus 9:8–12)
• Hail and thunder (Exodus 9:13–35)
• Locusts (Exodus 10:1–20)
• Darkness (Exodus 10:21–29)
• 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)
The Hebrew Exodus
Evidence of the Hebrew Exodus
Human and Horse Bones
Chariot Wheels
Crossing Path
Moses and the Exodus
• The 10 CommandmentsBasis for civil and
religious laws in
Judaism
• The New Covenant-God
promised to protect the
Jewish people and the
people promised to keep
God’s commandments
Moses and the Exodus
• After fleeing from
Egypt the Hebrew
people wandered the
desert for 40 years
searching for the
“promised land”
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
The Babylonian Captivity
• 738 B.C.
– Israel and Judah began
paying tributes to Assyria
• 539 B.C.
– After the defeat of Judah
and Israel Solomon’s
temple was destroyed by
the Babylonians
• A new Temple was rebuilt
445 B.C