Ancient World History Discussion Questions Chapter 3 The Wanderers Settle Down from The Human Story 1.

1. Who were the Hebrews? 2. Why bother to put the Hebrew's story in a world history book? 3. Who is the so-called "founding father" of the Hebrews? Why him? 4. Why do Jews and Christians circumcise? 5. What important religious innovation was created by the Hebrews? 6. "God said Abraham kill me a son, Abe said God you must be putting me on". What does this line from a popular song recorded in the 1960s by Bob Dylan refer to? 7. Why is god's promise to Jacob, Isaac's son, so important? 8. What is the Bible? 9. Who was Joseph? Why was he important? 10. Who was Moses? Why was he important? 11. Who was Joshua? Why was he important? 12. How and why did the Israelites make their transformation from herding to farming? 13. Who were Saul and David? Why were they important? 14. In what ways were the Israelites deficient in technology and how did this hurt them? 15. Why is this line from the Biblical creation myth so important? " Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over..every living thing that moves upon the earth".

16. Who was Job? Why was he important? 17. What is the story of the end of the Hebrews/Jews in the Promised Land in ancient times?