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- Abraham - (1900 B.C.E.)
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Joseph and the Settlement in Israel
- Moses (1290 B.C.E.)
- Life in the Promised Land (about 1250 B.C.E.)
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- Jews known as Hebrews
- Abram first to follow the One God (the God of gods, the totally
spiritual God, the God that is a faithful concerned friend, a God be=
yond
Limits)
- As a sign of this new personal relationship between God and Abram, G=
od
gave Abram a new name: Abraham
- This relationship - based on love - is call a Covenant
- Covenant =3D I will be your God and you will be my people!
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- Son of Abraham and Sarah
- Abraham so loved God that he was willing to sacrifice his only (long
awaited) son - but our God does not want Human Sacrifice
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- Son of Isaac and Rebekah
- Jacob renews the covenant with God, Jacobs name becomes Israel
- Jacob becomes the father of twelve sons
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- Joseph, son of Jacob (Israel) and Rachel - is sold into slavery and =
ends
up in Israel
- Joseph ends up saving the Egyptians and as a result his family is
invited to live in Egypt
- Many years after Joseph’s death, the Israelites are forced into
slavery
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- Patriarchs - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph - fathers/leaders of a
family, fathers of faith
- Matriarchs - Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel - mothers of faith
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- called to free the Israelites from slavery
- God reveals the name of God to Moses Yahweh - I am; To be
- The ten plagues reveals Gods power over the lives of people
- The tenth plague - the death of the firstborn in Egypt; the Passover
meal and God protecting the Israelites; the Passover
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- God frees the Israelites - and gives them the ten commandments
- After receiving the 10 commandments, the Israelites roamed the desert
for forty difficult years
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- After Moses’ death the Israelites were led into the promised l=
and
(Canaan) by Joshua
- They encountered much opposition as they tried to settle in a land t=
hat
was already occupied (wars, tempted by foreign religions)
- Judges (great warriors), were appointed to fight and defeat
Israel’s enemies
- The people (wanting to be like other nations), want a strong, visible
leader - a king!
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- Saul - Warrior King (1020 B.C.E.)
- David - Uniting the People
- Solomon - Son of David
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- Saul, the first King, was a brave man in battle but he was a weak man
personally.
- He was jealous of David, one of the leaders in his army - this jealo=
usy
and his stubbornness led to his disaster
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- As king, David was able to unite the twelve tribes of Israel (1000
B.C.E.)
- He was able to defeat the enemies of Israel, making Jerusalem both t=
he
political and spiritual capital of the united Israel
- He was a great leader
- While he was not always faithful to the covenant, he struggled to do
what was right and showed great sorrow for his sins
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- Solomon was the third King of Israel
- Under his leadership Israel experienced a period of great building,
increased trade, and prosperity.&nb=
sp;
The temple was built at this time.
- But this prosperity came at a price - heavy taxes and idolatry. The spiritual well-being of=
the
people was not protected.
- After his death the Kingdom was divided.
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- Disagreements between the type of leadership and the type of laws ne=
ed
for the United Kingdom, led to the division of the Kingdom. Israel (ten northern tribes=
) in
the north, and Judah in the south.
- This was a period of weak kings and religious disgrace.
- The voice of God could be heard through the prophets - calling the
people back to the covenant.
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- Eventually the northern kingdom of Israel as destroyed by the Assyri=
ans
(721 B.C.E.)
- - The southern kingdom of Judah was overrun by the Babylonians - the
temple was destroyed, thousands were led into captivity (slavery) in
Babylon.
- - Those not captured dispersed themselves along the Mediterranean Se=
a -
were they tried to remain faithful to the covenant. (The Diaspora)
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- While in Babylon some tried to renew their relationship with God, th=
ey
tried to live much more closely to God - they were called the Remnan=
t
- In 538 B.C.E. the Persian king Cyrus overran the Babylonians which l=
ed
to the release of the exiles
- They went back to Judah, worked on rebuilding the temple (finished in
515 B.C.E.)
- Because they were from Judah, they came to be called Jews a form of =
the
word Judaism.
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