How did the Hebrew religion evolve into the world's first monotheistic religion?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Yahwism emerged during the period of the United Monarchy.
b. Yahwism was a syncretic religion that merged the worship of Yahweh with Canaanite religious beliefs and practices.
c. The prophetic movement that began in the ninth century B.C.E. emphasized the importance of social justice and religious purity.
d. Prophets called for eliminating Canaanite religious ideas that had been incorporated into Yahwism. They insisted on the worship of only Yahweh.
e. They also linked social justice to Yahweh's goal for humanity.
f. Under the Judah king Josiah, the notion of the Israelites as the "chosen people" who had a covenant with Yahweh, whom they worshiped as their only god, took root.
g. During the Babylonian Exile, the Hebrews began to view Yahweh as the eternal and transcendent God.
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A) The secular philosophies of the day also tended to be world-denying. B) Ascetics' self-denial had been an important part of Roman culture. C) The Christian church's founders were themselves ascetics. D) German invaders of the west practiced a form of pagan asceticism. E) Classical Greek philosophy and science saw the world as worthless and meaningless.
Emiliano Zapata was
A. a caudillo who dominated Argentina in the 1840s. B. a Mexican agrarian rebel who fought for "land and liberty." C. the president of Mexico in the 1920s. D. the "Machiavelli of the pampas." E. the first influential Brazilian writer.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibited
A secession B war C discrimination D slavery
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)