Moses Dbq Questions And Answers

One of the major differences that A.J. Jacobs illuminates as major differences between the world of the Old Testament and our recent society is that the hundreds of laws listed on the 5 first books of the Old Testament might no longer apply to our contemporary society. Some of the reasons these laws are irrational is because they were harsh and basically impossible to achieve. However, I disagree with him in picking and choosing the right parts of the Bible. This is a dangerous statement because it opens the door to pick and choose what fits our model; therefore justification to sin might occur as a consequence. Nevertheless, these laws were given to one group of people, the Jews.

3. The Lord threatens the Egyptian people that he will smite or whip there fist-born child until they are dead unless they free the Israelites. The Israelites represent the hebrew slaves.

This quote expresses some fear in France, and England. Which then trns to re-opening all of the colonial questions. It was not intended, obvisoulsy, implies colonial claims that came ot be because of war. Which means the German and many other colonies may possibly be under international condiserattion due to the war. The stipulatiom of the case for the german colonies is the title has to be determined once the war has reached its conclusion by impartial adjustments based on principles. There are two different kinds, the Equitable claims and the intrest of population concerns. Equitable claims made by Japan and Great Britian because they are going to use them as submarine bases.

Ramses the Pharaoh wouldn’t let the Israelites out of Egypt, so Moses stepped in and led the Israelites out of Egypt, which we know as the Exodus. If I were an Israelite, I would join Moses out of Egypt. I would do this because being a slave would mean being tortured. Moreover, Moses had powers from God, so it was save to be with him. He had the Ten Commandments, so people would know how to live their daily lives.

Thus Moses freed the Jews from slavery and led them to a place where they could settle. Again, Moses' story is the Jews' story. The specifics of the hero's purpose may change according to their culture, but the role he plays for the people is the same.

This journey is more difficult than I thought; I doubt that the other slaves would disagree with me. Hopefully this Moses will not lead us into a death trap but I have heard many stories of him rescuing many slaves that were once captive.

My primary source reading was the “Book of Exodus: Moses Leads the Hebrews from Egypt” found in the primary source reader in Launchpad. This primary source is known as a historian’s raw material. This source is written from the time of the event being studied which happens to be from 950-450 B.C.E. timeline. In summary, the Book of Exodus (2nd book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Old Testament) “recounts the escape of the Hebrew people from captivity in Egypt and their forty year journey through the desert to the promised land” (Launchpad). Specifically, this primary source looks at a passage that recounts the “climatic events of the Exodus, when the Hebrew people fled Egypt and later when Moses received the Covenant from God” (Launchpad).

Although many Africans already practiced varying religions, a major moral justification for slavery was to provide religion to the so-called savages. While many slaves did in fact adopt Christianity, its teachings did not quite coincide with slavery. That is, slaves related to stories of triumph and overcoming the odds, using them as an example of their deserved freedom. For example, the famous story of “The Exodus,” where Moses, as directed by God, leads the Hebrews out slavery in Egypt, was often seen as direct Biblical anti-slavery sentiment.

Moses: Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority, were increasing in numbers and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might ally with Egypt's enemies. God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. Moses said that he could not speak with assurance or eloquence, so God allowed Aaron, his brother, to become his spokesperson. After the Ten Plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments

It is at this time that God reveals himself to him in the presence of a “Burning Bush” at Mount Horeb (Sinai) as it is well known. This is when Moses is told that he was needed to go back to Egypt and free his people from slavery, Moses was shaken and he even refused several times causing God to become angry at him but, and still God beckoned him to do this task. Finally Moses agreed, but Moses was worried as to how he would be able to accomplish such and enormous task. That is when God told him not to worry because he would be with him the entire way. Moses still had one big question for God and that is “ Who is he that he could go to the Pharaoh and tell him to let my people go” and God responded “that we has his messenger and that he was to lead his children out of Egypt and out of Slavery” and that “ He would be with him always”.

The worldview of the ancient Israelite was bound up in the idea of covenant, if they did as God instructed, and kept His commands they would remain His people. God, people and economics or land were all bound together. Neglecting people was neglecting the command of God and therefore would result in loss of land, and so on. Ethics were bound up in the concept of covenant, if the Israelite’s upheld the standards Yahweh established, they were in good ethical standing before Him. This included taking care of landless people, executing justice and abstaining from oppression and sexual immorality. Slavery in Israel was to be a means by which people found habitation, and were

Moses was a humble man, but God sees that he is mightier than Moses sees himself. When God tells him that he must lead the Jews out of Egypt, he grows fearful and unworthy of such a task. Moses humility toward God is what makes him capable of such a tremendous mission. Although, he would have much rather not lead the Jews out of Egypt because he is afraid and does not have faith in himself, however, he is able to do it because God has told him to and God would not ask him to do so if it was impossible. Moses successfully leads the Hebrews out of Egypt. Moses was capable of freeing the Jews of slavery with a quality of humility (No Title, 1986).

You see, another group of people, the Egyptians, had made the Israelites their slaves. The Israelites were forced to work for the Egyptians without any pay. They had no mon- ey, no rights, nothing they could call their own. But in an amazing act of love, God sent Moses to deliver his people out of slavery.

Starting in Exodus 6:6, God reveals to Moses that He will restore freedom to his people- the Israelites- freeing them from under the hand of Pharaoh and the Egyptians. At the time, the Israelites had been the slaves of the Egyptians. For, Pharaoh had “...appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor” (Ex.1:11, NLT). As a result, when Moses began to prophesy what the Lord revealed to him, the people of Israel refused to listen to Moses because “...they had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery”

In contrary to these notions, I will also include different view points such as The New Interpreter’s Bible which describes that it could be that Moses thought that his lips were not adequate to take on the charge. It also claims that it may also mean that Moses thought that he is a foreigner to Pharaoh. To describe more about the idea of being foreigner to Pharaoh, I will bring Jeffry H. Tigay forward who leans towards the same school of thought by expressing that Moses' speech issue was more of a language problem rather than a disability which took place because of Moses’ fleeing away from Egypt to Median.