The History of Judaism

1. World Religions - Judaism • Sometime between 2000 and 1500 BC a new people appeared in Southwest Asia, the ___________________ • The ________ traces the origin of the Hebrews to a man named ___________________ • ________ told Abraham to take his family on a long journey west from _____________________ to a new land • The land they settled in was ______________, and Abraham’s descendents lived there many years before leaving for __________ to escape a famine • They continued to live well and prosper in Egypt • The success of the Hebrews worried Egypt’s ruler, the ____________________ -- He feared that they might soon become too powerful. To stop this from happening, the pharaoh made the Hebrews ________________ • While they were enslaved in Egypt a man named _______________ appeared among the Hebrews • Moses went to the pharaoh and demanded that he _________ the Hebrews, but pharaoh refused. Soon afterward a series of terrible _____________, or disasters, struck Egypt • The plagues frightened the pharaoh so much that he agreed to free the Hebrews • Moses led his people out of Egypt in a journey called the ______________________

2. World Religions - Judaism • After fleeing Egypt, the Hebrews wandered through the desert, trying to return to Canaan, eventually reaching a place called ________________________________. • While Moses was on the mountain, God gave him two stone tablets. On the tablets was written _____________________ known as the _______________________________-- These laws shaped Hebrew society. • Once the Hebrews reached Canaan, they had to _____________ to gain control of the land • After they conquered Canaan and settled down on the land, the Hebrews became known as the _______________________ • Through the mid-100s BC, the Israelites built a rich and expansive kingdom, enabling them to build a great ___________ to God in Jerusalem called _____________________ • However, when one of their Kings died they could not agree on the next King, and the kingdom ________ into two parts • One part was called __________, the other part was called _______________ • The people of Judah became known as _________ • Israel eventually fell to invaders about 722 BC. Judah lasted until 586 BC, when invaders captured Jerusalem and destroyed Solomon’s temple • When the Jews scattered across southwest Asia as a result, this was known as the ___________________ • Some Jews eventually returned to Jerusalem when their invaders were conquered, only to be conquered again by the _________________________ • The Jews rebelled against the Romans, and as punishment their ______________ were destroyed and many were enslaved, leading again to many Jews __________________ from their homelands