Prophet•Messengers from God

•Ex. Abraham

Monotheism

•Worship of one god

•Ex. Are Judaism, Islam, and Christianity

Exodus •The departure from Egypt back the promised land of Canaan

•Israelites freedom from slavery

Covenant •An agreement with God

Abraham

•Father of the Hebrew people

•God made a covenant with him

Torah

•First part of the Hebrew Bible

•Teachings Moses received from God

Moses

•Delivered the Israelites from Egyptian slavery

•Gave the Israelites God’s commandments

Canaan •The land promised to the Israelites in the Bible

•Located in the Fertile Crescent between Egypt and Mesopotamia

Mediterranean Sea

Philistines •Inhabitants who lived in the land when the Israelites returned

•Goliath was the giant from this tribe

Phoenicians •Seafarers from Lebanon

•Great trading civilization

•Invented the alphabet

Judaism

• Culture, social and religious beliefs and practices of the Jews

Exile

• Forced absence from one’s home