Meaning of the Hebrew Word 'Exodus'

1. What is the Old Testament, and how did the term originate? The Old Testament is a set of texts that originated among the people who, at differing times in their history, have been called Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews, and which became their sacred scriptures(Tullock & McEntire, 2012, pg. 3). Christian, writings began to be viewed as sacred and having the status of scripture. Christians began to refer to the Hebrew Bible as the Old Covenant or the Old Testament.

The bible teaches us many things about God. From Genesis and Exodus we can learnwhat the Judeo-Christian view of God was. Genesis shows us that God made the sun, the moon,the earth and every living thing. During the days of creation God made all things good. On theseventh day of creation God rested and declared all he made to be very good (Genesis 1:31). God created human beings in his own image. We as humans can be certain of our owndignity and self worth because we have been created in the image of God. The book of Genesisshows us that people disobey God by choosing to do wrong. Even great bible heros failed Godand disobeyed him. The bible teaches us that God is forgiving. God has many attributes. God makes no mistakes and this is wisdom. God is infinite, heknows

I am going to be talking about Moses and the law it was written in the book of exodus. Moses was born a Hebrew in Egypt. Hebrews we're an Israelite slave in Egypt at the time when Moses was born Hebrews started to expand so large that the Egyptians started getting terrified and saying what if the Hebrews outgrow us? If they outgrow us that means the Hebrew will out number the Egyptians so therefore if the Hebrews wanted to take over they will be able to because they outnumber the Egyptians. Pharaoh came up with this idea If he killed all Hebrew baby boys at birth he wouldn’t have to worry about that problem so Pharaoh ordered that all Hebrew baby boys are to be put to death at birth.

Exodus: Exodus has two basic literary genres, narrative history and the laws. The book of Exodus was written by Moses about 1410-1450BC, key personalities are Moses, Miriam, Pharaoh, Pharaoh’s daughter, Aaron, and Joshua, theme is God’s grace. It recorded Israel’s deliverance from slavery and the writing of God’s laws.

The meaning of the phrase “law of Moses” has different possible meanings. To find which of the meanings fit the text best one must look at the Hebrew context. Since there is no word for “of” in the biblical Hebrew, Hebrew uses what is called a construct chain to define what type of (possessive) relationship between two nouns. A construct chain is when two nouns are placed side by side in which the (possessive) relationship between these two nouns is expressed. In a constructive chain, the word “of” is implied because each of the nouns is side by side. Most of the time two different translations is possible, for example “law of Moses” or “Moses’ law.”

Liberation Theologian, Gustavo Gutiérrez linked creation with the exodus as one continual event to explain God’s salvific nature. The link reveals God’s continual involvement in human history, not a God outside of human history. Gutiérrez argues that God sets the Israelites free from their oppression because God desires a more just world. Similarly, James Cone links God’s election of the Israelites with the exodus to explain liberation from oppression. According to Cone the link between election and the exodus is inseparable and serves as a major consideration in Cone’s definition of theology. Cone argues God continues active involvement in human history through the prophets in the Old Testament. The major difference between Gutiérrez and

In this essay, I am going to be talking about three reasons that we can see in Exodus chapter 2. Some of the things I see in this chapter on one side he was impulsive he was not that good at making decisions but on the good side he was protective, he was well trained and he was strong.

In Exodus, education is how the Israelites learn to behave and live as free men after the liberation from Egyptians. The Israelites were intentionally left in the desert for 40 years by God because the change from slave to free people cannot happen overnight. During this time period, the Israelites learn to abandon their slave mentalities and how to keep contracts or covenants. According to Confucius, education is using virtues to cultivate people, let people engage in proper activities and rituals, and make sure they are surrounded by cultivated people. In Buddhism, education is through expedient means: the usage of parables to teach common people.

It is telling a series of events as they occurred. It is also sharing things that happened in epic proportions.

Honestly it was hard for me to understand the writing of Christopher Wright. When I read the material second time it made more sense to me. I understand how much effort and thoughts he put into understanding of the Exodus. I agree with Wright’s explanation of Exodus. He actually went really deep into the reason for the redemption as well as the symbolic value of it. Honestly I never thought that much about the redemption of Israel’s. I just thought God redeemed Israel because of his promise to their ancestor Abrahams. Now I know it more than that, it was the first redemption of chosen people. Exodus has way more meaning to me than a historic event because of this reading.

The Hebrew Exodus has had people debating its plausibility for quite some time. From scholars to regular students, people have been trying to prove or disprove the Hebrew Exodus, either with facts or belief. Despite the strong evidence against the Exodus, many will choose to believe in it anyway. My personal belief of the Hebrew Exodus, is that it didn’t happen. It’s hard to believe the Exodus happened when the historical findings are non-existent. The Exodus events haven’t made it into recorded history, which was well kept by Egyptians, they also haven’t left anything to be found in the Sinai Desert, and has chronological errors.

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?

The Law of Moses, or Moses’s Law refers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, sometimes call the Pentateuch, or Torah which is a central reference of Judaism. Of the covenants found in the Pentateuch are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. These books contained the laws and instruction given by the Lord to Moses which establishes Israel as a nation. All five of the books are believed to be written by MosesIntroduction

2When you buy a male Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, but in the seventh he shall go out a free person, without debt.3If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master 's and he shall go out alone.5But if the slave declares, "I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out a free person,"6then his master shall bring him before God. He shall be brought to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and