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According to Jewish tradition why did the Israelites move to Egypt from Canaan?
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∙ 9y agoBecause of famine (Genesis ch.46).It was in Egypt that the Israelites grew into a nation, ready to receive God's Torah.
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Afterwards. Moses' disciple, Joshua, led the Jewish people into Canaan for the first time since Jacob's family of 70 people departed for Egypt according to the Bible.
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If you mean Onkelos, he is mentioned several times in the Talmud. According to the tradition, he was a prominent Roman nobleman.
Which building in Canaan was the most important to Jewish culture?
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first it is the God, then the rabbi, then the cantor, finally the original Jewish people.
When did Jewish people begin?
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What city did Abraham go?
Ur
What book is named for a military leader who led the israelites into the promise land?
The book of Yehoshua (Joshua), which speaks of the conquest of the land of Canaan by the Jewish people.
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According to traditional chronology, Abraham and his entourage left Mesopotamia to settle in Canaan (Israel) in 1737 BCE. They weren't called Israelites until the lifetime of Jacob (Genesis ch.35), who was Abraham's grandson. See also: Jewish history timeline
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According to the biblical description, the territory which we now call Israel was, at the time of the Jewish exodus from Egypt, called Canaan, and it was inhabited by Canaanites. The city of Jerusalem was inhabited by Jebusites.
Was prophet abraham a jew?
According to Jewish tradition, yes.
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When did Israelites take over Canaan?
The exact date unknown. Some estimates place it at around 1300 BCE to 1100 BCE. There is also a growing theory that the Hebrews never fought the Canaanite, but that they WERE the Canaanites. Jewish tradition, however, holds that the Hebrews were not related to the Canaanites.According to Torah-chronology, Joshua fought the Canaanites from 1272 BCE until 1265 BCE.
How did the Hebrews' fortune change when they went to Egypt?
According to tradition, the Israelites (Hebrews) at first enjoyed a prosperous period in Egypt (Genesis 47:27), since the Egyptians were grateful to Joseph (a leading Israelite) for having enabled them to survive a famine (Genesis ch.41).Later, the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians (Exodus ch.1), with backbreaking labor and cruel decrees (ibid). By the time of the Exodus, many of the Israelites had given up hope (Exodus ch.6).See also:Why did the Israelites go to Egypt?Why were the Israelites enslaved?Why is the exodus significant in Jewish tradition?
What happened on the Jewish fest of Rosh Hashana?
According to Jewish tradition, God judges the world on Rosh Hashanah.
Who are the israelites of today?
The Jewish people are descendants of the Israelites.
Why do Jews call Sarah ''Sarah our Mother''?
Sarah was Abraham's wife (Genesis ch.11, ch.12,16,17,18,20,21,24). According to tradition, Abraham and Sarah founded Judaism and are the ancestors (through their grandson Jacob) of the Israelites, who are the ancestors of the Jewish people.
Was the book of enoch ever a part of the jewish canon?
According to our tradition it was not. It is not even considered a part of the Jewish Apocrypha or Deuterocanon.
