MMW 11 Chapter 2: Week three pp49-57

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: Edmond Chang

Document Summary

Yahweh: an all powerful god the hebrews worships. Beginning in the seventh century b. c. e the hebrews began to write down their religious ideas, traditions, laws, advice literature, prayers, hymns, history, and prophecies in a series of books. The hebrews were nomadic pastoralists who migrated into nile river. Firstly enslaved by the egyptians and then led by moses, they settled in the area between mediterranean and the jordan river known as canaan. The philistines: hebrew"s dangerous enemy in their early stage of establishment. Leader link: saul david( captured the city of jerusalem ) solomon ( launched a building program that the biblical narrative describes as including cities, palaces, fortresses. Temple of jerusalem : built by solomon, was the religious heart of the kingdom. The state broke up ( northern part isreal, southern part judah) Covenant abrahamic religion : an agreement that people believe to exist between themselves and yahweh.