Lesson 5: Origins of Judiasm

Monotheism is the belief that...

• the Bible is the word of God

• God made a covenant with Abraham

• there is only one God

• the gods control every part of life

The forefathers of the Jewish people were known as

• patriarchs

• rabbis

• prophets

• kings

What was the Exodus?

• the binding agreement between Abraham and God

• the escape of the Israelites from Egypt

• the first book of the Torah

• the start of Israelite enslavement in Egypt

Jew and Christians both believe that the Ten Commandments were

• given to Moses by God

• given to Abraham by God

• written by Abraham

• written by Moses

The Israelites consider Canaan to be the Promised Land because they believed that

• when the pharaoh released the Israelites, he promised they could settle in Canaan

• Canaan was the original home of Abraham and the other patriarchs

• God made a covenant with Abraham that Canaan would belong to his descendants

• Canaan is the place where God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses

beliefs about what is right and wrong

• Exodus

• Torah

• monotheism

• ethics

first five books of the Hebrew Bible

• commandment

• monotheism

• ethics

• Torah

an order to do something

• ethics

• commandment

• covenant

• Exodus

to force

• compel

• exodus

• commandment

• eventually

after a time

• ethics

• eventually

• Exodus

• Torah