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Jewish Beliefs and texts (Ch. 2), The Early Hebrews (Ch.1) - Coggle Diagram
Jewish Beliefs and texts (Ch. 2)
Belief in one god
monotheism
first monotheistic religion
Jewish people called Jews
Education
Teaching children Judaism is an important part of society.
Justice and righteousness
kindness and fairness to everyone
Supposed to have proper behavior
very important
Observance of Religious and moral laws
closely related to Justice and righteousness
ten commandments
mosaic law
The Torah
history of Jews until death of moses
people do not touch Torah
The Hebrew Bible
three parts
Torah first part
Prophets are the second part
third part is 11 books of poetry, songs, stories, lessons, and history
Commentaries
simplify Jewish laws
Talmud holds most commentaries
Scrolls reveal past beliefs
dead sea scrolls
from 2,000 years ago
Judaism and later cultures
Jewish ideas have influenced other cultures
The Early Hebrews (Ch.1)
Abraham and Moses lead their people
Hebrews appeared in Southwest Asia between 2000 and 1500 BC
Archaeologists figured out most of their history
The beginnings in Canaan and Egypt
Abraham took a long journey west
Israelites moved to Egypt
Pharaoh made Israelites slaves
The Exodous
Moses led Iraelites out of egypt
major event in Jewish history
Moses was given ten commandments
The return to Canaan