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JUDAISMIt is believed that the Hebrews came with Abraham from Mesopotamia around 2000 bc, along with Abraham's El Shaddai ('god of the mountain'). It is more likely
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Overview of Judaism It is believed that the Hebrews came with Abraham from Mesopotamia around 2000 bc, along with Abraham's El Shaddai ("god of the mountain"). It is more likely that they were natives to the area just to the east and conquered their close relatives the Canaanites to establish their historical domain. Constant warfare with neighboring peoples apparently resulted in a large number of Hebrews being enslaved by the Egyptians, which sets the stage for the singular event of Jewish history, the Exodus. Moses, probably an Egyptian, assisted the captive Hebrew population in its hour of need, possibly by introducing Egyptian cleanliness laws in a time of plague. Around 1300 bc, he led them, it is said, back into Palestine, where they would be of enormous influence on their settled brethren. Intertribal wars led them to seek a monarch similar to the ones they had observed in Egypt and...
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