The Hebrews

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The Hebrews
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TermsThe Hebrews

• Semitic Peoples
• MonotheistsYahweh (Jehovah)
• Patriarchs
• Abraham (c. 1800 B.C.)
• Moses (c. 1230 B.C.)
• Covenant
• Ten Commandments
• Saul (c. 1000 B.C.) 1st King of the Israelites
• David
• Solomon
• Ethical Monotheism
• Prophets
• Torah
• Pentateuch

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The Ancient World
The Ancient World
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Ancient Israel
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Early CanaanitesTribal Culture
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Early Canaan
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Canaan

• Homeland of the Israelites
• Important in ancient world due to its location
• Important trading route and market
• Often a battlefieldlay in the path of expansion
  for both the Egyptians the Assyrians

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Abraham Leaving Ur for Canaan
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Abraham Sacrificing Isaac
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Abraham
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Yahweh--Jehovah

• YHWHI AM THAT I AM

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Joseph Sold Into Slavery
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Moses and the Exodus
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Moses Parts the Red Sea
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Moses
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Moses is Given the CovenantThe Ten Commandments
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The Covenant
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The Covenant
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The Covenant/Ten Commandments
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The Philistines
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SaulFirst King of Israel
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King David
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King David
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King Solomon
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King Solomons Wives
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Israel Falls to Assyria and Babylon
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Kingdoms of Israel Judah
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Babylonian King, Nebuchadnezzar
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Nebuchadnezzar Destroys the Temple in Jerusalem
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Ethical Monotheism

• Ethical relationship between the chosen people
  and their God
• Two-prongedeach side (Hebrews God) must uphold
  his end

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The Torah--The Laws of Moses
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The Pentateuch (The TorahFirst Five Books of the
Bible)