Transcript The Ancient Hebrews and the Origins of Judaism

History Alive
Chapter 11
Hebrews
civilization
developed around
1800 B.C.E. to 70
C.E.
 The Hebrews lived
in Mesopotamia
and moved to
Canaan (modernday Israel).

 eventually
became
known as the
Jews.
 Judaism in the
Jewish religion.
 Is
the origins of
Judaism and its
basic laws.
 The word “Torah”
Means “God’s
teachings”
 The Torah is the
first five books of
the Hebrew Bible
or Old Testament.
 Genesis
 Exodus
 Leviticus
 Numbers
 Deuteronomy
 Abraham
 Moses
 David
 Solomon
 History
of the
Hebrews.
 Oral record that
was later
recorded.
 Abraham
 Moses
 King
David
 King Solomon
 Abraham
 Originally
called
Abram.
 Lived in Ur.
 Moved to Canaan.
 God
promised to
favor and protect
Abram’s
descendents
meaning his
children and the
generations that
would follow.
 In
return, Abram
promised that his
people would
always devote
themselves to God
 God
said, “I will
make your
descendants as
many as the stars
of heaven.”
 God
tested
Abraham by asking
him to sacrifice his
only son Isaac.
 Abraham loved his
son very much, but
he also wanted to
follow what God
wanted him to do.
 He
introduced the
belief in a single
God.
 Because of the
Abrahamic
covenant, he set the
standard for how
Jewish people
should live.
 Their reward for
righteousness was a
promised land.
Clues
U to C
 Moses
led the
Hebrews out of
slavery in Egypt.
 He gave the
Hebrews the Ten
Commandments.
 In
1250 B.C.E. a
large group of
Abraham’s
descendants were
living in Egypt.
 The Egyptians were
afraid they would
take over.
 The pharaoh sent
out a decree that all
Hebrew boys should
be killed.
 Moses’s
mother
made a basket for
him and put him
into the basket, so
he would not be
killed.
 The pharaoh’s
sister found him in
the Nile River.
 Moses
was raised
by the sister’s
pharaoh in the
palaces of Egypt.
 Went
before the
pharaoh and told
him that he
wanted the
Hebrews to be
freed.
A
plague is a
terrible disaster
affecting many
people and
thought to be sent
by God as a
punishment.
 God
punished
Egypt with 10
plagues.
 God
sent a
darkness to
passover Egypt and
kill the first born.
 If the doorway was
marked with
lamb’s blood, then
the first born
would not be
killed.
 The
pharaoh was
so upset that he
allowed the
Hebrew slaves to
be freed.
 The
Pharaoh
changed his mind
and sent the
Egyptian army to
kill Moses and the
Hebrews.
 Moses then parted
the Red Sea so the
Hebrews could
walk across.
 Means
the
departure.
 This story is found
in Exodus in The
Bible.
 God
gave Moses
the Ten
Commandments on
Mount Sinai.
 Judaism’s
basic
laws.
 By obeying the
commandments
the Hebrews would
fulfill their part of
the covenant with
God.
1.
2.
Moses led the
Hebrews out of
Egypt.
Moses received
the The Ten
Commandments
which set up the
fundamental
laws of Judaism.
Clue: C-----
 In
1000 B.C.E., the
Hebrews were
fighting the
Philistines.
 Philistines
promised to be
slaves if one of the
Hebrews could
beat the giant
Goliath.
 David
was not a
grown man.
 He stepped
forward to fight.
 He did not want to
wear any armor or
carry weapons.
 He only carried a
slingshot and some
stones.
 Is
the King at the
time.
 He agrees to let
David fight
Goliath.
 David
used his
slingshot and hit
Goliath between
the eyes with a
stone, which killed
Goliath.
 United
Israel and
Judah into one
kingdom known as
Israel.
 Became
a great
leader.
 He defeated the
Philistines and
other enemies.
 David
brought the
Ark of the
Covenant to
Jerusalem.
 Jerusalem became
a Holy City.
 The
Ark of the
Covenant was a
wood and gold
chest that held the
Ten Commandments.
 After
David’s
death his son
Solomon, built a
temple to house
the Ark of the
Covenant.
 Over
3,000
officials were
needed to oversee
the project.
 Solomon taxed his
people to buy
gold, cedar wood,
and other
materials for the
temples.
 Created
a
monarchy of Kings
to rule the Jewish
people for over
400 years.
 David Established
Jerusalem as a
Holy City.
 Solomon built the
first great temple.