World History › Section C · The ancient Near East › Topic C.4
The Hebrews and early Judaism
A small people of Canaan developed one of the ancient world's few monotheisms, and their scriptures shaped Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This topic follows the Hebrews from the patriarchs to the return from exile, reading the Bible as historians do: as a source to test against archaeology and other records.
In this topic
- A people and their book
- Abraham and the patriarchs
- Egypt, Moses and the Exodus
- Worked example: a name as evidence
- Kings, and the archaeology that checks them
- Two kingdoms, two empires
- Worked example: how the exile built a scripture
- The slow road to one God
- The law, the land and the temple
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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