Controversy: The Hebrew Exodus

The Jewish were led to Israel by one of their patriarchs, Abraham, around 1950 B.C.E. Throughout time, the Israelites were captured numerous times by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Phoenicians. The

The Old Testament mentions, in Genesis and Exodus, the details concerning the history of the Israelites. There is, however, no recorded historical evidence written by the Egyptians or the Greeks that confirm the existence of a large population of Israelites, from 1875

The Hebrew Bible contains contradictory and inadequate information, which impacts my views about what the Hebrew Bible, says and what the Bible means. It has multiple significances. It is evident that various scriptures in the Hebrew Bible do not say what it means, nor does it mean what it says. “Ultimately, it 's going to take some detective work in an effort to enhance interpretation further.”[pg. 6].

I do not believe the Exodus happened as the bible has proclaimed it happened. I believe this because there isn’t any archeological evidence that the Sinai desert could have 3 million people survive and there was no record of a massive increase in population in Canaan . Also there isn’t any written proof that there was any Israelites in Egypt other than what the Hebrews wrote. There was no way a supposed 3 million Hebrew slaves could have prepared and made the journey from Egypt to their destination as the Bible said they did.

According to Wikipedia, "No evidence has been found that indicates Egypt ever suffered such a demographic and economic catastrophe [as the Exodus] or that the Sinai desert ever hosted (or could have hosted) these millions of people and their herds." and that "The consensus among biblical scholars today is that there was never any exodus of the proportions described in the Bible." but is this true?

Next of all Rabbi C. chose to pursue an undergraduate degree in Journalism from Northwestern University during the fall of 1994. Rabbi C. reiterated that initially he desired to be a journalist and he was very observant to detail. Therefore during his first year at Northwestern University he lived on campus in a dorm that housed about one hundred freshman students and Rabbi C. was the only individual who practiced Judaism. This living arrangement exposed him to students who partook in a wide array of religious beliefs. Thus Rabbi C gradually became more accepting of people who did not practice Conservative Judaism. Rabbi C. would prepare a festive meal to commemorate the annual Judaism Passover holiday at college for his roommates and

As a result of the different forms of communication and the contrasting methods of punishment, the God of Exodus is separate from the God of Genesis. When people read the Bible, most know that it is split up by religion with the Old Testament as the Hebrew part of the Bible and that the New Testament as the Catholic part. However, what most don’t consider is that there are different Gods that split up the Bible as well. When reading through the Bible with that kind of a lens, a lot of possibilities start to pop up. Looking more closely there is a strong chance that later on in the Bible there could be more than two different types of Gods. If things like multiple Gods are possible, then looking more closely at the Bible becomes very important

The book of exodus speaks about slavery of the Israelite by the Egyptians and how God uses Moses to release them out of captivity. The Israelite was in slavery for a number of years before they were release. Pharaoh had ordered all the male babies of the isrealites to be killed. Pharoah was scared of the strength that these babies will have when they become men. God send a number of plagues on the Egyptians before he finally released them.

God, the Lord had also chosen Moses to follow in his path and free the Hebrews from the Egyptians. God told Moses “…the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me (God): and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them” (Exodus, King James, 3:9). With God’s help and guide, Moses was successful in freeing thousands of Hebrews who were being enslaved by the Egyptians. Through his courageous actions and bravery, Moses gained many followers and therefore became a hero to his

After the Exodus from Egypt the Israelites wandered the Sinai wilderness for forty years. When they were not sure of their future the began worshipping the Canaanite Pantheon instead of God. Only upon threats from Moses did they stop their worshipping the pagan deities. King Jeroboam presided over a deeply divided Kingdom of Israel. Not only were the these Israelites culturally divided from the southern Israelites of the Kingdom of Judah the northern Israelites were also religiously divided amongst themselves with some that worshipped Yahweh while the others worshipped the deities of the Canaanite Pantheon. Those who worshipped Yahweh were divided between the successors of the priest Abiathar's and the Zadok's priests at Jerusalem. Yet despite

The man that I chose was Moses. The books that Moses are discussed in are Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. We know that when Moses was a baby boy his mother tried to hide him but when she no longer could she made a basket and sent him down the Nile River. Down the river the pharaohs daughter saw basket and fetched the maid to go and get it.When the maid opened it she saw the baby and asked what she should do and the pharaohs daughter told the maid to take it away and nurse it .Once the child got bigger the maid brought the baby back to the pharaohs daughter and he became her son and she named him Moses. When Moses got older he married a woman named Zipporah. Zipporah had a son and Moses called him Gershom. Moses also had another

The main idea of this paper is to pick a book that we choose from the Old Testament and to break the components down. We get to become familiar with the historical background, such as when it was written , who wrote the book and the care of God. I personally do not know much, so doing this will inform me on who wrote it and where the setting of the book was at. Also we get to become familiar with the main purpose and themes of the book and how it is relevant for us believers today.

After Reformation period, the allegorical biblical interpretation was criticized and rejected by contemporary biblical interpretation theory, and a lot of Christian evangelical churches. However, as a long tradition stems from the early church, allegorical interpretation has never been disappeared; on the contrary, it was one the most important exegesis tradition in the history of Chinese Protestant Church. Many fundamentalist theologians and church leaders were influenced by this method, while Jia Yuming is one of the representative figures. The aim of this paper is to present the characteristic of Jia Yuming` s allegorical biblical interpretation, and to explore the contribution of his exegesis in Sino-Christian theology.

On the individual side of commentaries, I used the Brazos theological commentary on the bible exodus by Thomas Joseph White to analyze Ex 2:1-21. The main difference with The New Interpreter’s Bible is that this book seems to be solely focus on the events in exodus. Before the introduction we are given a set of series prefaces compose of acknowledgements and abbreviations to help us read the book. The organization of the book starts with an index named contents where we are given the number of chapters and subcategories of these chapters. In the chapter part we start with Introduction, then Deliverance from Egypt: Exodus 1-12, Wilderness: Exodus 13-18, Covenant: Exodus 19-24, Cultic Rituals: Exodus 25-31, and at last Fall and Eschatological Restoration: Exodus 32-40. The introduction is divided in three categories, the darkness and light of god, the division of the book of exodus, the four senses of scripture. These points summarize of the book literally. First the darkness and light of god, Mr. Joseph White argues that the dense dark aspects are often around us. Sometimes we get the idea that God has abandoned us. We may think so because we have always seen God as a God of dazzling brilliance (Rev. 21:11; Hebrews 12:29) and God in good times. However, this type of idea is challenged when one reads Exodus 20:21 " As the people stood in the distance, Moses approached the dark cloud where God was." Where the author of the commentary gives us a basic through line to understand

The Book of Exodus is told from the third person point of view, essentially as a narrative. However what makes this significant, is that it is so much more. The story contains elements of a narrative, but also historical content and matters of law. The beginning portion begins to tell of a story of Moses and his attempts to free the Israelites with the help of Yahweh and his powerful plagues. Within the story contains elements of truth, describing the actual enslavement of the Hebrews and their march to find the promised land. Even within that, certain Hebrew traditions and laws are established framework for a new society is created. Overall, Exodus is the story of how a nation was founded. It is because of this that I think the author of Exodus is rather authors. It seems that the Book of Exodus is a collection of differents writing rather than one singular work of a writer. Instead of being united by a common author like many of the other books of the Bible, Exodus is united under a common story containing elements of multiple different viewpoints. Although not abundant, Exodus does contain some figurative language. In a couple of instances, anthropomorphisms are used in relation to God, for he is immaterial and invisible. Only through the anthropomorphism does the reader get any idea of what he looks like. "So I will stretch out My hand…” (Exodus 3:20), “A blast from your nostrils and the waters piled high;” (Exodus 15:8), “Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen” (Exodus 33:23), all of these quotes are examples of prosopopoeia allowing the readers to get an idea of God’s form. Clearly it is something human related involving hands, nostrils, a back, and a face, but it is impossible to know for sure. The only physical renditions of God ever made or ever will be made were based of these anthropomorphisms and it is through them people are able to begin to under him physically. Tone in the Book of Exodus is rather unimportant because it is told from a third person point of view. It simply telling a story the story of the liberation of the Israelites to then the covenants made in the desert. Throughout the Book of Exodus, it becomes clear that Moses embodies the