2.  Traces history to creation of mankind  Semi-nomadic tribes  Similar religious views to nearby cultures  Creator and preserver gods  El – powerful god, judgmental yet compassionate  Ethics  Rituals

3.  Abraham  Founder of Judaism  Migrated from Haran to Canaan  Covenant with God  “many sons had Father Abraham”

6.  Egypt  Hebrews forced to move by famine  Enslaved by pharaoh  Ten Plagues  Parting of the Red Sea

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9.  Mount Sinai  Moses received Ten Commandments  Terms of covenant  40 years in desert  Promised Land  Leaders called judges

10. I am the LORD thy God: 1. Thou shalt have no other gods 2. No graven images or likenesses 3. Not take the LORD's name in vain 4. Remember the sabbath day 5. Honour thy father and thy mother 6. Thou shalt not kill 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery 8. Thou shalt not steal 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness 10. Thou shalt not covet (Exodus 20:2-17)

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12.  Saul  Defeated Ammonites  Conflicts with Samuel  Monarchy as…  …rejection of God’s kingship (1 Sam. 8-12)  …God-given way to defend Israel (1 Sam. 9:16)  David  Combined religious and political authority  Made Jerusalem capital

13.  Solomon  Wise king  Ruled 40 years  Height of Hebrew monarchy  Economic boom  700 wives, 300 concubines

14.  Actions more important than beliefs  Not much focus on cosmological concepts  Focus on relationships  God and mankind  God and the Jewish people  Jewish people and land of Israel  Between human beings

15.  God exists  God is one and unique  God is incorporeal  God is eternal  God knows thoughts and deeds of men  God will reward the good and punish the wicked

16.  Prayer is to be directed to God alone  The words of the prophets are true  Moses’ prophecies are true, and Moses was greatest of prophets  The Torah were given to Moses  There will be no other Torah  The Messiah will come  The dead will be resurrected

17.  Sacred Symbols  Star of David  Menorah  Ten Commandments

18.  Sacred Texts  Tanakh  Torah  First five books of Bible  Nevi’im  Prophets  Ketuvim  Writings  Talmud  Rabbinical teachings

19.  Sacred Site  Jerusalem  Chosen by King David as site for the Holy Temple

20.  Diaspora (Greek: scattering, dispersion)  Movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland  Conquest of Babylon (around 600BCE)  Temple destroyed (586BCE)  Protectorate of Rome (63BCE)  Jewish-Roman War (66CE)  Jerusalem destroyed (70CE)  Dispersion during Middle Ages