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Events relating to judaism
Later selected by Hebrew scholars as the date when the world began, this becomes the first year (AM 1) in Jewish chronology
Abraham leaves Ur and moves with his tribe and flocks towards Canaan
The Jews adopt a long-established Egyptian ritual - the circumcision of boys
Moses is with the Hebrew tribes in Sinai, after the exodus from Egypt
The god of the Hebrews, announcing to Moses 'I Am Who I Am', acquires his name - YHWH, meaning 'He Who Is'
Stone tablets, engraved by Moses to signify God's covenant with his people, are placed in a sacred chest - the ark of the covenant
Saul, anointed king of Israel by Samuel, establishes himself at Gibeah, just north of Jerusalem
The Jews write down the Torah, the earliest part of the text subsequently known to Christians as the Old Testament
The Israelites, settled in Canaan, become the first people in history to decide that their god is the only god
David, already king of Judah and now anointed king of Israel, brings into one realm the twelve tribes of the Israelites
David captures Jerusalem, which he makes his capital - bringing here the ark of the covenant
Hiram, the Phoenician king of Tyre, is an enthusiastic trading partner of King David in Jerusalem, and later of Solomon
Solomon becomes king of Israel and presides over a period of peace and prosperity
Solomon, the king of Israel, builds the first Temple in Jerusalem
The Assyrians overwhelm the north of Israel and the ten northern tribes vanish from history - the majority of them probably dispersed or sold into slavery
Judah and Benjamin, together forming the kingdom of Judah, are the only two surviving tribes of Israel
After a long siege Jerusalem is taken by Nebuchadnezzar and the city, including Solomon's Temple, is destroyed
The Jews, taken into captivity in Babylon, form the first community of the Diaspora
The synagogue, as a simple place of Jewish worship, develops during the Babylonian captivity
The optimistic concept of the Messiah is part of the Jewish response to captivity in Babylon
Returning to Jerusalem, the Jews begin to rebuild the Temple
The Jewish community of Alexandria coins the word diaspora for Jews living far from Israel
The Jews of Alexandria commission the Greek translation of the Old Testament which becomes known as the Septuagint
Antiochus IV places a statue of Zeus above the altar of the Temple in Jerusalem, provoking violent reactions from the Jews
