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Desert Nomads

Abraham the Patriarch

Part 2

God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son!”

Key Words and Concepts

Islam	The monotheistic faith revealed through the prophesies of Mohammed.
Judaism	The monotheistic faith of the Jews established by covenants between their God and Abraham
Tradition	An unwritten belief – or a custom handed down through generations
Monotheism	The belief in a single god.

Desert Nomads: Abraham the Patriarch, Part 2

NAME_________________________ DATE______________________

Muslim and Jews both look back to Abraham as a patriarch, but their _________________differ when it comes to Abraham’s sons. In the _________________story, God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son, Ishmael. In the Hebrew story, it is Ishmael’s _________________brother, Isaac, who is saved at the last moment from the knife and the fire. In both stories Abraham brings Ishmael and his Egyptian mother, Hagar, to a _________________place where they are left to start a new life. In the Muslim story, Abraham brings them to the site of Mecca. There, Abraham and Ishmael rebuilt the sacred Kabba, and Abraham returns to visit many times. In both stories, Ishmael returned to Canaan when it was time to _________________his father.

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Abraham lived in the dangerous times when Mesopotamia was _________________by wars and rebellions. At such times Iraq could be _________________by Semitic tribes like Abraham’s that lived to the south and the west. There were also dangerous mountain _________________and tribes to the north and the east. To the southeast in modern Iran was a _________________kingdom called Elam. When Mesopotamia was united and strong, they would often invade Elam. When Mesopotamia was divided and _________________, the Elamites would often invade Iraq.

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In the year 2004 BC the Elamites took advantage of rebellions to invade Iraq and destroy the _________________city of Ur. Cuneiform _________________mention this many times and contain moving _________________for the destruction of a great city that many called home. Many biblical scholars date Abraham’s _________________from Ur, and the start of his journey along the Fertile Crescent to that event. They _________________out that it was an Elamite king who invaded the Jordan valley and captured Lot.

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Mesopotamians had experienced _________________and invasions before the fall of Ur in 2004 BC. They would experience this many times afterward too. Mesopotamian organizations, customs, and religion eventually overcame or absorbed _________________into their own civilized way of life. It happened again and again and again. For thousands of years it seemed like they would be able to do that _________________.

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Abraham traveled with his sheep and his _________________through Bronze Age lands with ancient shrines, wells and cities that were already thousands of years old. His great grandson, Joseph would lead his people back into Egypt _________________they would be held captive for hundreds of years. At the _________________of the Iron Age, another patriarch, Moses, would lead them out again, and tell them that _________________God was the only God. Other peoples would trace their roots back to Abraham through his eldest son, Ishmael. One of these was the _________________Mohammad who would tell his fellow Arabs that there was only one God, the God of Abraham.

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Today, there is an Islamic mosque _________________over Abraham’s tomb in Hebron. Hebron _________________is on the West Bank of the River Jordan. This is an area claimed by Muslim Arabs as part of their Palestinian homeland but which has been _________________by the Jewish state of Israel since 1967. Today we see dangerous times in both _________________of the Fertile Crescent, the land of Israel/Palestine and the land of Mesopotamia/Iraq.

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Abraham Part II

Desert Nomads

Across

2 (n) The belief in a single god

4 (n) The monotheistic religion of the Jews established by covenants between God and Abraham

6 (adj v)Taken into

8 Word part (prefix) meaning "one"

10 (n) Ends

12 (n) An emotional expression of grief or sorrow

15 (v) To indicate a direction

17 (n) People who arrived at a place in the recent past

18 (adj. v)Established, erected

20 (n, adj) A follower of Islam

21 (adj) Not strong

23 (n) The start of the day, the rising of the sum

24 (v) Attack. To Enter forcefully or unexpectedly

25 (adj) Not as old

27 (n) The act of leaving, the start of a journey

29 (v) To stay in a place to establish control or ownership

32 (adj) Extremely old

35 (n) Places ruled by a monarch

37 Third person possessive adjective

38 (n) An area with very little rainfall or drinking sources

39 (n) People who are owned as property

Down

1 (n) The name later taken by Isaac (the son of Abraham), the name of the modern Jewish state in Palestine

3 (n) Unwritten beliefs

5 (adv) Having no end

7 (n) Disorganization, conflict, strife

9 (n, adj) In competition with (sometimes "in conflict with")

11 (n) The Arab name for Mediterranean coastal area west of the Jordan River. It originally meant "land of the Philistines"

13 (n) A burial place, a place for dead bodies

14 An oasis and marketing town in Arabia. It was a traditional religious center for Arabs even before it became the religious center of Islam.

16 (adj. v) Not together, not united, separated by distance or disagreements, separated by strife

19 (adj) Relating to the religious practices advocated by the prophet, Mohammed

21 Relative pronoun indicated a place or the question of "location"

22 (n) A special agreement, a legal contract

26 (n, adj) A metal alloy of copper and tin. It gives its name to the first historical "age" of civilization

28 (adj) Very holy, having special religious significance, specially connected to God

30 (n) One who speaks in the name of a god, a visionary, a divinely inspired teacher

31 (n) Flat objects designed to hold writing

33 (pronoun)) Not any other

34 (v) To put beneath the ground, to entomb

36 (n) The monotheistic religious beliefs and practices revealed by God to Mohammed

Word Bank For Crossword Puzzle

Nouns & Pronouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
Islam		Islamic
desert		Deserted
Burial	Bury	Buried
traditions		Traditional	Traditionally
Youth		Young, younger	Youthfully
Weakness	Weaken	Weak	Weakly
kingdoms
Division	Divide	Divided
rival	Rival	Rival
Lamentations, lament	lament	Lamentable	Lamentably
Invasion, invader	Invade
departure	Depart	Departing
tablets
ancient		Ancient	Anciently
Point	Point	Pointed	Pointedly
			forever
newcomers
Disorder		Disorderly
where			where
prophet	Prophesy	Prophetic	Prophetically
slaves	Enslave	Enslaved
their		Their
dawn	Dawn	Dawn
Occupancy, occupant	Occupy	Occupied
Building	Build	Built
tips
itself
Israel		Israeli
Palestine		Palestinian
Muslim		Muslim
Bronze	Bronze	Bronzed
Mecca
		Sacred	sacredly
Absorption	Absorb	Absorbed	Absorbedly
tomb	Entomb
Monotheism		Monotheistic
mono
Islam		Islamic
Judaism		Judaic (Jewish)
Covenant

Islamic	(adj) Relating to the religious practices advocated by the prophet, Mohammed
desert	(n) An area with very little rainfall or drinking sources
bury	(v) To put beneath the ground, to entomb
traditions	(n) Unwritten beliefs
younger	(adj) Not as old
weak	(adj) Not strong
kingdoms	(n) Places ruled by a monarch
divided	(adj. v) Not together, not united, separated by distance or disagreements, separated by strife
rival	(n, adj) In competition with (sometimes “in conflict with”)
lamentations	(n) An emotional expression of grief or sorrow
invade	(v) Attack. To Enter forcefully or unexpectedly
departure	(n) The act of leaving, the start of a journey
tablets	(n) Flat objects designed to hold writing
ancient	(adj) Extremely old
point	(v) To indicate a direction
forever	(adv) Having no end
newcomers	(n) People who arrived at a place in the recent past
disorder	(n) Disorganization, conflict, strife
where	Relative pronoun indicated a place or the question of “location”
prophet	(n) One who speaks in the name of a god, a visionary, a divinely inspired teacher
slaves	(n) People who are owned as property
their	Third person possessive adjective
dawn	(n) The start of the day, the rising of the sum
Occupy	(v) To stay in a place to establish control or ownership
built	(adj. v)Established, erected
tips	(n) Ends
itself	(pronoun)) Not any other
Israel	(n) The name later taken by Isaac (the son of Abraham), the name of the modern Jewish state in Palestine
Palestine	(n) The Arab name for Mediterranean coastal area west of the Jordan River. It originally meant “land of the Philistines”
Muslim	(n, adj) A follower of Islam
Bronze	(n, adj) A metal alloy of copper and tin. It gives its name to the first historical “age” of civilization
Mecca	An oasis and marketing town in Arabia. It was a traditional religious center for Arabs even before it became the religious center of Islam.
Sacred	(adj) Very holy, having special religious significance, specially connected to God