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The Ancient Israelites

The Ancient Israelites. What does the Torah explain?. The Torah explained what God considered to be right and wrong. Consist of the five books of Moses. Contains the Ten Commandments. What is the most important part of the Torah?. The Ten Commandments. Covenant.

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The Ancient Israelites

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  1. The Ancient Israelites

  2. What does the Torah explain? • The Torah explained what God considered to be right and wrong. • Consist of the five books of Moses. • Contains the Ten Commandments.

  3. What is the most important part of the Torah? The Ten Commandments Covenant Is the agreement between two or more people.

  4. According to the “Ten Commandments” who should the Israelites be loyal to and what should they not worship? • GOD • Israelites do not worship images, symbols, or any other Gods Monotheism: Belief in one God Polytheism: Belief in many Gods

  5. Why are the “Ten Commandments” important? • The Ten Commandments are important because they helped shape the basic moral laws of many nations. • The Ten Commandments also helped develop a belief in the “rule of law.” • Morals : the basic concepts of Right and Wrong.

  6. Which Commandment do you think is the most important? Explain. ?

  7. What source do Historians use to learn about the Early Israelites? • Historians use accounts from the Bible to study the early Israelites. • To Historians the Bible is like a textbook or library filled with information of the past.

  8. According to the Bible who is responsible for the creation of Israel Abraham: Patriarch = the male head of a family or tribal line. A Merchant from the City State of Ur in Mesopotamia. Father of faith First that we know of that believed in a Monotheistic religion. According to the Bible Abraham is responsible for the creation of Israel and Judaism.

  9. Abraham had a name for the God that he worshipped, what was it? • YaHWeH = I am who am • Cant be defined • He is infinite

  10. What was the name of the place that Abraham and his followers went to? • After Abraham and his followers left Ur they traveled forty year to finally settle in what was called the promise land. They called it Canaan.

  11. Abraham’s Route From Ur to Canaan is 955miles

  12. How did the 12 tribes earn their meaning? • After three generations of peace in the land of Canaan; Abraham’s twelve great grandchildren split Canaan into twelve tribes. • Each tribe was controlled and ruled by one of Abraham’s Grandchildren.

  13. Why did the Israelites leave Canaan? • Eventually the Israelites left Canaan because of a major drought. • The Israelite traveled south to Egypt where they prospered for many years.

  14. How did the Egyptians take to the new Israelite when they first moved to Egypt? • The Israelites were welcomed with open arms by the Egyptians. • Perceive = Become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand. • Egyptian began to worry that Israelites would take over their nation.

  15. Who was the person that led the Israelites out of Egypt? • Around 1200 B.C., an Israelite leader by the name of Moses led his people out of Egypt and back towards the land of Canaan. - Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed.

  16. Why do you the ten plagues were an important reason for why the Israelite were able to leave Egypt? 8 7 2 10 6 11 9 4 3 5 http://kids4truth.com/Dyna/Chosen/Plagues/English.aspx

  17. What is the tern used to describe the Israelites journey out of Egypt • The term “Exodus” is used to describe the journey that the Israelites took to from Egypt back to the promise land (Canaan). • During this journey the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses at the top of Mt. Sinai.

  18. What problem did the Israelites face when they decided to move back the Canaan? • The Israelite left Egypt to return to the Promiseland. • When they got there it had been taken over by other people. • The Israelites fought for 2 centuries to take back control of Canaan.

  19. Who was the King that brought the 12 tribes together under one rule? • Saul • Eventually he lost favor and a new king was named. • David and his son Solomon kept peace in the land for a century.

  20. What was the name of the Northern and Southern nations that developed after Solomon died? • The name of the Northern and Southern nations that developed after Solomon died were Israel and Judah.

  21. Diaspora • the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland. • Babylonians • Assyrians • Romans

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