Origins
· Judaism is a one of the three Prophetic Monotheistic Religions in the world, the other two are Christianity and lslam.
· It is Prophetic as there were numerous Prophets who predicted the coming of a Messiah, Monotheistic as they believe in one god- mono(one) theology (belief/ study of God)
History
· Jews are an accident people of around 3000 years old, their history is told in the Bible and is traced back to Abraham of around 1900 BC (before common time era)
· The Jews have been known as Jews, Israelites and Hebrews. (Jesus was a Jew, however the Jews accepted Jesus as a wise man, but not the chosen Messiah as Christians believe, hence Judaism predates and heavily influences Christianity, but is not part of Christianity).
Abraham
· Abraham is one of the first recorded leaders of the Hebrews in the Bible. He was a wealthy man who was called by God to leave his land and move from Ur to Canaan, or Israel as it is called today.
· Abraham heard the call of the lord to stop believing in pagan Gods (like God of wind, the god of the mountains etc.) and he followed God’s request and lead his people from Mesopotamia to Canaan. This journey is recorded in the book of Genesis.
· Who is Abraham?
· What did Abraham believe? How was it different to the people of the time?
· What do you think Covenant is, what Covenant did God make with Abraham?
God entered into a covenant with Abraham, a covenant is
God promised to take the Jews out of slavery and deliver them to Israel, he also expected his people to understand and obey his commandments
· What sacrifice was Abraham requested to make? Why did god ask this of Abraham?
God asked him to kill his son as a test of his faith
· Search the site for the word Patriarchs? What does this mean?
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