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20 Cards in this Set
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Palestine
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-A region at the eastern end of the Mediterranean sea where the Phonecians lived.
-The Romans had also lived there and named it after the Philistines, another group frim this region. |
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Canaan
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-The ancient home of the Hebrews in the area of palestine.
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Torah
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- the first five books of the hebrew bible
-tell us most of what we know about the hebrews today -considered the most sacred writings in their tradition -Christians respect them as part of the old testament |
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Abraham
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-chosen by god to be the ''father'' of the Hebrew people
-a shepherd who lived in Ur -the bible tells us how Abraham roamed from Canaan to Egypt and back to Canaan again |
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Monotheism
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-a belief in a single god
-Hebrews were monotheistic -Yaweh was believed by the hebrews to be the one and only god |
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Covenant
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-a mutual agreement with god and other people
-Yaweh made a covenant to Abraham and his descendants |
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Moses
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-said by the Torah to have been the man who led the hebrews out of slavery
-was ordered to lead the hebrews out of Egypt by god -delivered the ten commandments from god to his people |
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Israel
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The hebrews united under 3 kings: Saul, David, and Solomon
-the new united kingdom was called Israel -for the next 100 years Israel enjoyed its greatest period of power and independence |
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Judah
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-after Solomon's death, the jews in the northern part of the kingdom revolted
-by 922 bc the kingdom was divided into two -Israel was in the north and Judah was in the south -part of the divided kingdom |
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Tribute
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-peace money from a weaker power to a stronger one
-once both Judah and Israel lost independence they began paying tribute to Assyria -by paying tribute, they hoped to avoid conflict with assyria -this however did not work |
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Palestine
|
-A region at the eastern end of the Mediterranean sea where the Phonecians lived.
-The Romans had also lived there and named it after the Philistines, another group frim this region. |
|
|
Canaan
|
-The ancient home of the Hebrews in the area of palestine.
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|
|
Torah
|
- the first five books of the hebrew bible
-tell us most of what we know about the hebrews today -considered the most sacred writings in their tradition -Christians respect them as part of the old testament |
|
|
Abraham
|
-chosen by god to be the ''father'' of the Hebrew people
-a shepherd who lived in Ur -the bible tells us how Abraham roamed from Canaan to Egypt and back to Canaan again |
|
|
Monotheism
|
-a belief in a single god
-Hebrews were monotheistic -Yaweh was believed by the hebrews to be the one and only god |
|
|
Covenant
|
-a mutual agreement with god and other people
-Yaweh made a covenant to Abraham and his descendants |
|
|
Moses
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-said by the Torah to have been the man who led the hebrews out of slavery
-was ordered to lead the hebrews out of Egypt by god -delivered the ten commandments from god to his people |
|
|
Israel
|
The hebrews united under 3 kings: Saul, David, and Solomon
-the new united kingdom was called Israel -for the next 100 years Israel enjoyed its greatest period of power and independence |
|
|
Judah
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-after Solomon's death, the jews in the northern part of the kingdom revolted
-by 922 bc the kingdom was divided into two -Israel was in the north and Judah was in the south -part of the divided kingdom |
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Tribute
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-peace money from a weaker power to a stronger one
-once both Judah and Israel lost independence they began paying tribute to Assyria -by paying tribute, they hoped to avoid conflict with assyria -this however did not work |
