Moses Role In Jewish Culture

A group of people who were related to the Canaanites had been established known as the Israelite. The Israelite leader, Moses, a Hebrew, born into the tribe of Levi raised by the pharaoh’s daughter as if he were an Egyptian prince was known as a solitary leader educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action (Gordon-Bennett, 2018). Therefore, he was set apart from his people, even in his childhood, God was preparing Moses to lead His children, the Israelites, into the Promised Land. In about 1250 BCE, the leader Moses rallied the Hebrews and led them on the Exodus from Egypt, which was one of the most significant events of Jewish history. Moses molded his people under a set of ethical and societal laws, which they believed were received from God. These laws are now known as The Ten Commandments (Matthews et al., 2014). All crimes were seen as sins and all sins as crimes. Human life was seen as sacred because God gave it. Therefore, these laws set forth the proper behavior of human beings. Nevertheless, Moses played a crucial role in shaping Judaism into a comprehensive system of ethical monotheism. They called themselves Hebrews to distinguish themselves from …show more content…
Therefore, King Antiochus IV tried to impose the worship of Greek gods on the Jews by placing a statue of Zeus on the Second Temple in Jerusalem. However, this resulted in the recapture of the Second Temple. The Romans conquered most of the Middle East and ruled through the Jewish Herodian dynasty. However, Herod the Great rebuilt Jerusalem including the Second Temple and promoted Hellenist culture. The Roman government ordered the dispersal of the Jews throughout the empire. Nevertheless, this did not end the Jews’ cultural, intellectual, and religious existence. Therefore, rabbi's teachings evolved into Rabbinic Judaism, which Jews have followed down to modern times (Matthews et al.,