JUDAISM

WHEN & WHERE

AROUND 2000-1500 B.C.

IN PALESTINE

Ancient People Who Started It:

THE HEBREWS(a.k.a. the Israelites, the

Jews)

The CovenantIf The Hebrews Would Believe

In God, They Would Become God’s Chosen People & TheyWould Be Promised The LandOf Canaan (a.k.a. Palestine).

FOUNDER

ABRAHAM

The Test

What Made Judaism Unique

At This Time In History?

It Is The First One God Religion

(Monotheism)

Followers of Judaism

The Jews

What happened in 1650 BC?

The Hebrews / Israelites / Jews

moved to Egypt because drought

and famine had hit their homeland

of Canaan (a.k.a Palestine).

What happened to them here?

The Hebrews Were Enslaved!

What happens around 1300 BC?

A New Hebrew leader named

Moses led the Hebrews out of

Egypt.

This Event is

known as “The

Exodus”

What happened in the Sinai Desert?

God gave Moses the Ten

Commandments.

The Ten CommandmentsThey Are Moral Laws To

Live Your Life By According to Judaism.

What did the Jews believe the

Commandments did? Renewed their

covenantwith God. If they obeyed His laws, GodWould protect them.

What Kingdom do they set up

when they return to Canaan

(a.k.a.Palestine)?The Kingdom of ISRAEL

Famous Kings of ISRAEL

Saul David Solomon

Capital of the Kingdom of ISRAEL:

JERUSALEM

King Solomon’s Temple

-It was built and dedicated to God

-It contained the Ark of the Covenant

-Only remaining part is the Western or

“Wailing” Wall.

Holy Book of JudaismThe Torah

(The first 5 Books of the Hebrew

Bible)

Key Ideas of Judaism1-Believe in One God & follow

The Ten Commandments

2-The Jews are God’s Chosen People & Palestine was promised

to them by God.3-God will send a Messiah, but hasn’t yet.

The Jewish Messiah

-will be a man, not a God.-will be a descendant of David.-will bring about world peace & rebuild the Temple

70 ADThe Romans kick the Jews out of

their homeland. (The Diaspora)

The Jews are scattered around the world, but will keep the Jewish

faith alive.