Judaism
How did Judaism revolutionize
religious thinking?
Hebrews
Who are they?
•Nomadic group living inFertile Crescent
•Pastoralists (Shepherds)
•Recorded their history &laws in the Torah (OldTestament of the Bible)
Abraham
Hebrews
•Approximately 1650 BC migrated toEgypt due to famine (food shortage)fertile land around the Nile Delta
–Became enslaved by the Pharaoh of Egypt
•Led out of Egypt by Moses
•By 1000 BC Hebrews set up a kingdomof Israel
•King Solomon built the first Temple
–Temple destroyed by later invaders
–Babylonians 587 BC
–Romans 70 AD
Moses
Canaan “The Promised Land”
Dome of the Rock & Western WallSite of the 1st & 2nd Temple
Judaism
What did they believe?
•Monotheism- belief in one all-powerful god
•Jewish people had a covenant(contract) with God
–Jews were God’s “Chosen People”
–Jews must follow Ten Commandmentsand Jewish law
–As long as Jews were obedient to God,he would bless them and give themtheir “promised land”
Israel
