WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Jews regard Abraham (as he was later called) as the first Patriarch of the Jewish people. Abraham was the first person to teach the idea that there was only one God; before then, people believed in many gods. Ironically, Abraham’s father, Terach, had made his living selling idols of various gods.

Detailed explanation-2: -1300 BCE-the beginning of a religion Over a thousand years after Abraham, the Jews were living as slaves in Egypt. Their leader was a prophet called Moses. Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt and led them to the Holy Land that God had promised them.