Monotheistic Religons

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• Abraham is called the "father of the hebrews." God told Abraham to move his family from Mesopotamia to Canaan, god also promised Abraham that he would make him and the father of a great nation and that he would bless this nation.

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• The greatest leader of the Hebrews was Moses. Moses told the Hebrews that god would lead them to Canaan, the promised land, in exchange for their faithful obedience.

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• David's courage and faith were rewarded later, when god made him king, god said the Hebrew kingdom will remain with him and with his children and his children's children forever.

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• Solomon built a magnificent temple in Jerusalem to house the Ark of the Covenant and to be the center of Jewish worship. Solomon forced his people to work on the construction of the temple. More than 3,000 officials were needed to oversee the project.

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• No one knows exactly when Jesus was born. The historians now believe that Jesus was probably born i n about 6 B.C.E., during the reign of King Herod

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• According to the Gospels, after a year or two of traveling and preaching, Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrated God's rescue of the Jews from Egypt more than a thousand years before his time. Every year, thousands of Jews traveled to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. Roman soldiers remained on watch for anyone who might start a demonstration against Rome.
• According to the Gospels, after a year or two of traveling and preaching, Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrated God's rescue of the Jews from Egypt more than a thousand years before his time. Every year, thousands of Jews traveled to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. Roman soldiers remained on watch for anyone who might start a demonstration against Rome.

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• Paul came from Tarsus, a town in present-day Turkey. Initially, he opposed Christianity and helped to persecute Christians. According to the New Testament, one day Paul was traveling to Damascus in present-day Syria. He saw a blinding light and heard the voice of Jesus, a vision that changed his life. Paul adopted the Christian faith and became a missionary.
• Paul came from Tarsus, a town in present-day Turkey. Initially, he opposed Christianity and helped to persecute Christians. According to the New Testament, one day Paul was traveling to Damascus in present-day Syria. He saw a blinding light and heard the voice of Jesus, a vision that changed his life. Paul adopted the Christian faith and became a missionary.

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• By the 60s C.E., Christians were beginning to attract the notice of the Romans. Christian preachers traveled along the roads of the empire, winning converts to their new religion. Both Paul and Peter, a close friend of Jesus, preached in Rome. 
• By the 60s C.E., Christians were beginning to attract the notice of the Romans. Christian preachers traveled along the roads of the empire, winning converts to their new religion. Both Paul and Peter, a close friend of Jesus, preached in Rome.