Transcript Abraham = “Father” of Hebrews Canaan

Beginnings of Judaism
Origins of the Hebrew People
Abraham = “Father”
of Hebrews
Canaan - homeland
Monotheism =
belief in one
God
Torah = book
of religious
teachings,
origins
Religion Known as
Judaism
Covenant – mutual
agreement between people
and God
Hebrews enslaved in Egypt
Moses – led Hebrews out of
slavery
The Ten Plagues of Egypt occurred
1. Water turns to blood
2. Frogs
3. Lice (gnats)
4. Flies
5. Sickness
6. Boils
7. Hail
8. Locust
9. 3 days of darkness
10. Angel of Death
• Moses told the Hebrews to sacrifice a lamb and to
place the blood around their doors so the angel
of death would pass
over the Hebrew’s
homes
• Pharaoh lets the
Hebrews leave
10 Commandments – God’s laws for
Hebrew people
Exodus – time wandering Sinai
peninsula between leaving Egypt and
locating the “promised land”
Mezuzah
Yarmulke
Star of David
Talmud
Tallit
Prayer Shawl
Rabbi
Israel
The Hebrew kingdom is known as _______.
Saul
The first Hebrew king was ______.
Saul later
dies fighting
the
Canaanites
Saul being anointed by Samuel
David established the
The second Hebrew king, _________,
capital in the city of Jerusalem
___________.
The third and last Hebrew king, _______________,
built the
Solomon
well-known temple, which is eventually destroyed by the
Assyrians.
The temple was built to glorify God and house
the Ark of the covenant.
Pools of Solomon
The Kingdom of Israel Divides
• Financial strain and forced
labor due to Solomon’s building
projects caused discontent
• After Solomon’s death, the Jews
in northern part of Israel
revolted
• The kingdom divided into
_________
Israel in the north and
_________
Judah in the south.
Captivity of the Jews
• The Hebrew people are overtaken by the Assyrians, then
the Babylonians
– Hebrews had to pay tribute
– Destroyed Solomon’s temple
• Persians take over
– Cyrus allows the Hebrews to rebuild the temple
The surviving wall of the Jewish
temple in Jerusalem