Download Chapter 11 The Ancient Hebrews

The Ancient Hebrews and the
Origins of Judaism
I can explain the origins of Judaism and
important figures of the Ancient Hebrews.
Jewish Population
• World- 14 Million
• U.S- 3 Million
The Torah
• The Torah is a
written
explanation of
the ancient
Hebrews’
beliefs.
The Torah
• Christians
refer to the
Jewish Bible
as the Old
Testament.
Abraham- Father of the
Hebrews
• According to
•
Jewish belief,
God promised
Abram he would
have many
descendant.
God signified this
promised by
changing Abram’s
name to
Abraham.
Abraham- Father
of the Hebrews
• Abram was born in
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Ur
(Mesopotamia/Iraq.)
The people of Ur
worshiped many
gods.
Abram believed
there was only one
true God
(monotheism).
Abraham Father of
the Hebrews
• Abram gathered
•
his many
relatives and
went west into
the land of
Canaan.
Canaan became
the “Promise
Land.”
Abraham Father of the
Hebrews
• The Torah says that
one day God tested
Abraham by telling
him to make a
sacrifice of his son
Isaac.
• According to the
Torah God said, “I
will make your
descendants as many
as the stars of
heaven.”
Abraham- Father of
the Hebrews
• The Hebrew nation
was made up of 12
tribes that were
descended from
Abraham’s grandson,
Jacob, whom an
angel from God had
named Israel.
Abraham’s Contributions
• 1. He was the
ancestor of the
Jewish people
(Israel.)
• He introduced the
belief in a single
God
(monotheism.)
Moses- Leader &
Prophet
• The Torah
calls the
flight from
Egypt the
Exodus.
• The word
exodus
means
departure.
Moses- Leader & Prophet
• After leaving
Egypt, the Torah
says, the
Hebrews
wandered
through a
wilderness for 40
years.
Moses- Leader & Prophet
• Moses received the
Ten Commandments
on Mount Sinai, the
“Mountain of God.”
Moses- Leader &
Prophet
• Ark of the
Covenant- the
chest containing
the Ten
Commandments,
that the Hebrews
carried w/them
during their
wanderings in the
wilderness.
Moses- Contributions
• 1. led the Exodus
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out of Egypt
(Passover.)
2. gave Judaism its
fundamental laws,
Ten
Commandments.
3. united Hebrews
into united people
devoted to one God.
Kings of Israel
• King David
unified
Israel and
Judah.
Kings of Israel
• King David
provide the
Jewish people
with a strong
central
government
Kings of Israel
• David chose
the city of
Jerusalem for
his capital.
• JerusalemHoly City
Kings of Israel
• King Solomon
built the first
great Temple
of Jerusalem
to house the
Ark of the
Covenant.