Exodus Essay

What role does gender play in the book????In both Exodus and the Code of Hammurabi, authority is grounded in masculine Gods and male leaders, which structures their society in a way which automatically places men at a higher advantage? status? how male figures influence society in life? society? When comparing and contrasting Exodus and Hammurabi, it is important to note how the ideas regarding gender roles manifest in both texts. In Exodus, while God’s gender is never explicitly said, he is…

The interactions between the main groups of characters in Exodus establish a relationship between God’s authority and the people’s resistance. At first glance it may appear that there are two cases of resistance. First, Pharaoh resists God directly, and second, the Israelites resist the Egyptians who enslave them. However, upon further inspection it is apparent that neither is truly resistance. In the final cases of Pharaoh not obeying God’s commands, God hardens his heart, essentially creating…

The Book of Exodus speaks to many themes and many events important to Christianity. One theme which reigns very important in showing the power of God and the love he had for his people is the Parting of The Red Sea. This story occurs in Exodus 13:17-14:31 and examines the main theme of liberation in Exodus while showing the strength of the covenant between God and Moses and the true power of God in freeing his people. In order to express these themes the Bible contains various conversations…

The Exodus was the event that happened when God sent Moses to free His people, the Israelites, from the bondage of the ancient Egyptians (Exodus 3:10). The Exodus consisted of plagues, each sent because the Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites be free from their oppression (Ex. 7.4-7). The Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians because there was a rapid increase of the number of Israelites and the Egyptians were worried that the Israelites would turn against them and attempt to take over (Ex…

Hammurabi’s Code, Exodus 19-21 consists of a set of laws that Moses recorded for the Israelites from the word of God. Many believe that the Mosaic laws were strongly influenced, or even plagiarized from Hammurabi’s code. Throughout both Hammurabi’s Code and Exodus 19-21, there are parallels that suggest that murder, theft, and kidnapping were all problems in society that needed to be addressed. Both Exodus and Hammurabi’s code impose strong punishments for such acts. For example, In Exodus it…

When we arrive to Exodus 34, we come across a narrative that is already in progress. Prior to the Exodus, we have already been introduced to the concept of divine covenant. In Genesis 12, the Lord promised Abram that He would make him a great nation, make his name great and bless others after him because of him. It is this contextual backdrop that leads to the Israelites becoming God’s chosen people. For early on in the narrative, we are made aware of the fact that God keeps His word –…

The SS Exodus 1947 was a ship that carried Jewish emigrants from France to British Mandatory Palestine on July 11, 1947. Most of the emigrants were Holocaust survivors who had no legal immigration certificates for Palestine. Following wide media coverage, the British Royal Navy seized the ship and deported all its passengers back to Europe. In the same period, the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine visited Palestine to assess the conflict between the Jews and Arabs, trying to find a…

The Exodus, second book of the Pentateuch, is the book of liberation and of the Covenant. Exodus comes from the Greek language and “means, a going out, a departure, a procession.” The original Hebrew title comes from the first words at the beginning of the book, “w'ëLeh sh'môt that means (And these are the names),” which refers to those who initially entered Egypt, seventy in total (Ex 1:5 NRSV), with Jacob and under the protection of Joseph. The Exodus is divided symmetrically into two main…

2.1. The red sea Chapter fourteen of Exodus presents the account of the crossing of the Red Sea by the people of Israel. It is a significant event in the life of Jewish people because God allowed Moses to divide the sea into two. Scripture says: “The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on the right and on the left. The Egyptians pursued, and went into the sea after them, all of Pharoah’s horses, chariots, and chariot drivers.” Here we see God saves his…

From my perception of “The Exodus Decoded,” Simcha Jacobovici’s “facts” and “theories” are very easy to prove wrong, and quite frankly, over-reached. As an example- his theory for the first plague, the Nile turned to blood, in which he explained as gases floating above the waters, creating a chemical effect of a muddy-red hue, but if we are basing these facts off scripture, Exodus 7:20 specifically states that the waters turned to blood rather than to the color of blood. In other words, I find…