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JUDAISM

Section 4

JUDAISM GENERAL INFORMATION

• (^) Monotheistic
• (^) Founder: Moses, although Jews trace their history back to Abraham.
• (^) Holy Book: Torah
• (^) Spiritual leader: God
• (^) Location: Israel, Middle East (though practiced worldwide today)

TORAH

PROVIDING ORDER

• (^) Ten Commandments
  • (^) Set of laws/rules for Jews to follow
• (^) Covenant with God
• (^) One true God
  • (^) One cannot worship anyone else but him

GOD TESTS ABRAHAM

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make idols.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
   6. You shall not murder.
   7. You shall not commit adultery.
   8. You shall not steal.
   9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
   10. You shall not covet.

IT ALL BEGINS WITH ABRAHAM…

• (^) Lived in Mesopotamia (2000 BCE)
• (^) Herder of sheep/goats
• (^) God appears to Abraham
  • (^) Move to Canaan (Israel), YOUR holy land
  • (^) Both enter a covenant (religious agreement/promise)

(Mediterranean Sea)

FAMINE IN CANAAN (ISRAEL)

• (^) Famine in Canaan force Jewish migration to Egypt
• (^) Enslaved in Egypt

ISRAELITES ENSLAVED BY THE EGYPTIANS

ISRAELITES ENSLAVED BY THE EGYPTIANS