Transcript The Origins of Judaism - Saint Joseph High School

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
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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