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Abraham’s Geneaology
HAGAR
ABRAHAM
Ishmael
12 Arabian
Tribes
SARAH
Isaac
Jacob
12 Tribes of
Israel
Esau
Abraham’s Journey from Ur
Canaan  The “Promised Land”
Abraham’s Journeys
Yahweh’s “Covenant” With His People
 The first 5
books
of the Hebrew
Bible.
The Torah
 The most
sacred
text in the
Jewish
religious
tradition.
Ancient Palestine
Land of Goshen, Egypt
Moses
“Prince of Egypt”
“Shepherd of His
The Exodus
Route of the Exodus
Moses and the 10 Commandmets
A new “covenant”
with Yahweh
Mount Sinai
St. Catherine’s Monastery
at Mount Sinai
King David’s Empire
Solomon’s
Kingdom
Recreation of Ancient Jerusalem
King Solomon’s Temple
Floor Plan
The First Temple
Inside the Temple Tabernacle
The Arc
of the
Covenant
The Temple Mount, Jerusalem Today
Solomon’s Temple Wall: The “Wailing” Wall
Kingdoms
of
Judah
&
Israel
Israelites in Captivity
Alexander the Great & the
Hellenization of the Near East
The Great Library at Alexandria.
Egypt
Jerusalem: Reading the Torah
Herod the Great’s Kingdom
Judaism:
Main Beliefs and Customs
• Bible: The Old Testament.
• Founder: First Jew – Abraham
• Holiest Place: Western Wall of the
Temple in Jerusalem
• Day of Rest: Saturday – Sabbath –
(Shabbat in Hebrew)
Judaism: Main Beliefs and
Customs….continued
• Holiest Days:
note: Hebrew calendar is a lunar
calendar so dates of the holidays change each year
according to the Gregorian calendar we use.
• Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
• Yom Kippur – The Day of Atonement
• Passover – Commemoration of the
release from slavery in Egypt.
• Holiest day according to the Rabbis is
Shabbat (Sabbath) – only day
specifically mentioned in Bible.
Judaism: Main Beliefs and
Customs….continued
• Religious leader of congregation: Rabbi
• Name for God: Yaweh or Adonai
• Famous people: Abraham – founder, Moses
– led the Jews from slavery – got 10
Commandments from God.
• Holy “Books”: Ten Commandments, Old
Testament (Torah), Talmud
Judaism: Main Beliefs and
Customs….continued
• Customs:
– Circumcision – all males after 7 days
– Bar Mitzvah – males at 13 – official
admission to adulthood and the
congregation – (Bat Mitzvah for girls is more of an
American Jewish custom)
– Internment (burial) with 24 hours of death
– Kashrut - keeping Kosher – dietary laws
– Sundown – all holidays begin at sundown
rather than at midnight.