Hebrews Flashcards
Flood stories
Noah’s act influenced epic of Gilgamesh
Cultural diffusion
Hamurabis code
Zionism
All Jews return to Israel
Moses
A Jew founded by pharoahs daughter leader of the exodus
Exodus
Journey back to Canaan
10 commandments
God gave moses laws
Canaan
Promise land of Israelites
Covenant
An agreement between god and his people
Abraham
First Israelite to be called a Hebrew was told by god to discover promise land
Egyptian persecution
Pharoah believed Jews would take over so he enslaved them
Three kings
Saul David and Solomon
Divided Israel and Judah
Solomon’s temple
Was sacred and represented god
Was destroyed and rebuilt twice
Babylonians
Jews were exiled to Babylonia
Persians
Defeated Babylonians
Allowed Jews to return to Judah
Romans
Destroyed temple