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    Pentateuch the five old volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament.This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the rollwas thus divided into five portions Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,Deuteronomy. The JEDP theory fiferences scholars who believe or doubted that moses was the writer of the Pentateuch. Their view that the Pentateuch represents the conflation of four different sources rather than the work of primarily one author, traditionally Moses

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    Exodus

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    Israelites were relieved from the bondage that is from Egypt where they lived as slaves under the guidance and protection of God. Exodus is also an integral part of the Jewish tradition because it describes how their ancestors were salvaged by God from the hands of king Pharaoh, this term means to get out; their ancestors got out of Egypt to enter Promised Land. Thus the book of Exodus is just great historic tale of the Jewish from the torture land Egypt. The Israelites had to complete a set of tabernacles

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    brothers that are practicing different religion. But we all believe in one God. So we respect each other’s religion. The first topic I want to discuss is the Exodus. The Exodus tells of the enslavement of the

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    Plague In The Odyssey

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    The Ten Plagues are significant in the reading of Exodus. The backdrop of the story entails the Egyptians withholding the release of the enslaved descendants of Abraham (Cory & Hollerich, 50). These descendant are otherwise known as the Israelites. God calls upon Moses to aid him in helping with the escape of the Israelites from the wrath of the Egyptian Pharaoh (Exod 3:7-8).With the help of Aaron and God, Moses fulfills his task. Moses brought plague upon the Egyptians in hoping to lead to the

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    Israelites Journey

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    fulfilled in the earth and among covenant with Abraham, Jacobs, and Isaac families. Fretheim study highlights the main events of God structure plan for Israelites journey through Exodus concerning Moses as their leader. God engage His divine plan for the covenant law, “the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai” (106). Exodus flows with several phenomena events taken place “the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread, the Red Sea crossing, and giving of the law at Mt. Sinai” for the people of Israel to

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    appeared unto thee. Does this sound like something you may of been through, I have and I’m sure you may of you felt the same way also? Moses is like many of us, caught in our feelings and emotions and leaning on them in a critical time in our life. “Exodus. 4:1-4 God proves something to Moses on that day as he said unto him, what is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast or throw it on the ground. And he threw it on the ground, and it became

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    This week’s reading centered on the social contract between God and the Israelites. The reader, who had grown up familiar with the Exodus, found a much deeper meaning and contextual understanding in this week’s reading. Specifically, the reader’s attention focused on two key aspects: 1) God’s control over nature as the contextual focus, and 2) how Exodus, Deuteronomy and Leviticus set forth blue prints blue prints for a society. Moreover, the reader was previously familiar with the more traditional

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    Festivals as Ways to Learn About Faith Pesach is the biggest of the three pilgrim festivals, along with Sukkot and Shavuot and these all commemorate the period in history that the Jews pilgrimed from Egypt to the Promised Land of Israel. The first day of Passover is the same day as the commemoration of the destruction of the temple and this is insisted by the Talmud. The symbolism of the name Passover reminds

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    Catholic View Of Freedom

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    Freedom is deemed as the fundamental cornerstone in society, whereby it is conveyed and viewed in multiple perspectives to which many individuals interpret differently. Two dominant perspectives being from secular society and the Catholic faith. To search for the ‘True State of Freedom’, individuals can encounter Pilgrimage known to man, as a religious practice to strengthen and maintain their relationship with God. In order to be guided by their wisdom to make moral decisions within society. Freedom

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    others might not. In the book of Exodus, Moses had left his home under the Egyptian monarchy and fled to Midian after learning of his Jewish ancestry, but when God had spoken to him to free his people, he took the responsibility, despite his own fears. At first, Moses believed that he was not worthy of this great task God had presented to him, questioning God that “who [was he] that [he] should go to [the] Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt” (Exodus 3:11). Nevertheless, Moses still returned

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