God rescued his people from a life of bondage and slavery. He gave them hope in trusting him to provide all they need and hope for a new and better life in the Promised Land. Then finally he gave them guidance on how to live a daily life that would be pleasing and bring glory to him. The historical issues addressed in this book are the bonds of slavery and the Ten Commandments. Slavery has been something that nations have faced since the beginning of time and that is what this book helps to illuminate. However, this book gives hope that even in the throws of slavery trust/faith in God can set you free. It shows that even in the situations that seem impossible to get out of believing in God to save you can prove to be beneficial. The Ten Commandments are a huge historical set of commandments. Although, after doing some more research and digging I found that the use of the Ten Commandments this day in age are mainly personal commands to be followed not necessarily law like when this was written. Many governments might have used the Ten Commandments as an influence but none of them follow them exactly to the tee. In the United States for instance, many of the laws in the Bill of Rights do not follow many of the laws in the Ten Commandments (slate.com). Historically speaking though this was one of the first sets of documented laws for a group of people to follow. This work just like the book of Genesis might not necessarily be seen as a reliable source to many. It was physically written long after these stories actually occurred and was written based off of oral stories passed down for generations. Making the reliability questionable. Based on the fact that the stories were retained orally this could be seen as a biased source of reference. Biased because over the years people could have changed and altered the stories to have an outcome better suited for their particular audience. Even with the
God rescued his people from a life of bondage and slavery. He gave them hope in trusting him to provide all they need and hope for a new and better life in the Promised Land. Then finally he gave them guidance on how to live a daily life that would be pleasing and bring glory to him. The historical issues addressed in this book are the bonds of slavery and the Ten Commandments. Slavery has been something that nations have faced since the beginning of time and that is what this book helps to illuminate. However, this book gives hope that even in the throws of slavery trust/faith in God can set you free. It shows that even in the situations that seem impossible to get out of believing in God to save you can prove to be beneficial. The Ten Commandments are a huge historical set of commandments. Although, after doing some more research and digging I found that the use of the Ten Commandments this day in age are mainly personal commands to be followed not necessarily law like when this was written. Many governments might have used the Ten Commandments as an influence but none of them follow them exactly to the tee. In the United States for instance, many of the laws in the Bill of Rights do not follow many of the laws in the Ten Commandments (slate.com). Historically speaking though this was one of the first sets of documented laws for a group of people to follow. This work just like the book of Genesis might not necessarily be seen as a reliable source to many. It was physically written long after these stories actually occurred and was written based off of oral stories passed down for generations. Making the reliability questionable. Based on the fact that the stories were retained orally this could be seen as a biased source of reference. Biased because over the years people could have changed and altered the stories to have an outcome better suited for their particular audience. Even with the