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Adam & Eve: The first human beings according to Judeo-Christian and…

- - - - Ishmael & Isaac: Of Abraham’s two sons, Ishmael and Isaac, Muslims claim descent through the former, Jews through the latter. Isaac’s son, Jacob, is a pivotal figure, for it is his twelve sons who become the patriarchs of the twelve tribes of Israel.
- - - - Early Prophetic Tradition: In the past, prophets like Elijah and Elisha were quite as committed and passionate as Amos and Hosea, and they too could utter condemnations of those who broke God's law, oppressed the poor and so on. But they only ever envisaged the judgment of individuals or groups within the nation. It never occurred to them that things could have got to such a point that God would have to destroy the nation as a whole.
        
        Temple Destruction: the destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem in 586 BCE by Nebuchadnezzar when 100,000 Jews were believed to have perished. The Book of Lamentations, written by the prophet Jeremiah after the destruction of the First Temple, is read at evening services.