Name: ____________________________________#_____ Period_______

Study Guide – Chapter 5, Lesson 3

The Beginnings of Judaism – p. 120-125

The Big Picture

1. What is the name of the book that is the Jewish people’s record of their history and their religion? ___________________________

2. What is the name of the Jewish religion? _________________________

Abraham of Ur

3. Where did Abraham come from? ___________________________

4. What did he and his family believe differently from other people of his city?

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5. According to the Bible, what did God tell Abraham to do?

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The Covenant

6. What is a covenant? _____________________

7. What did Abraham’s descendents become known as?

     a. _____________________        b_____________________

Going to Egypt

8. Why did the people of Israel go to Egypt?

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9. What eventually happened to the Israelites?

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Becoming a Prophet

10. Why did Moses have to flee Egypt? __________________________

11. What is the name of the Jewish festival that celebrates the Israelites freedom for Egyptian slavery? ______________________

The Torah

12. What is the Torah? __________________________

13. Where did Moses receive the Torah? __________________________

14. What is the name of the laws that are central to the Jewish religion? _______________

The Kingdom of Israel

15. How long did the Israelites wander in wilderness? __________________

16. The ancient land of Canaan is known today as _____________________.

A Nation of Israel

17. What is the Jewish day of worship? __________________________

18. ______________ was the son of David, and built a great ___________ in the city of Jerusalem.

Exile to Babylonia

19. Jews were forced from their homeland and led away to _________________. This was the beginning of many exiles (forced scatterings) for the Jews.