Moses Essay

In DreamWorks’ 1998 animated film, The Prince of Egypt, viewers are introduced to Moses, a young man filled with life, vibrancy, and mischief. His life was preordained by God to lead his people - the Israelites - out of captivity and into the Promised Land. This modern Midrash not only revitalizes the story of Moses, but changes its original purpose. By comparing and contrasting the DreamWorks version of Moses’ youth and exit from Egypt to Midian to that of the biblical story and scholarly…

During the time when Moses was born, Pharaoh was the King of Egypt. He told all the midwives of the Hebrew women to destroy any boys that were delivered. The midwives valued their salvation, because they did not want to look bad in the eyes of God. They would spare the life of the baby boys against Pharaoh’s…

The Birth of a Strong, Older Man The Moses is a statue made by Michelangelo Buonarroti in the early 16th century. From 1513 to 1515, Michelangelo sculpted the Moses for Pope Julius II’s tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica but it now sits in San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The sculpture is one of many famous works from Michelangelo where he used marble, gave it realistic and in-motion aspects, and used historical references to give the statue life. I think this sculpture is a unique and underrated…

their relationship was Moses and Jethro, his father-in-law. The Old Testament, Exodus 18: 13-27 outlined an account of the relationship: Moses was called to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt into the promise land. Having answered the call of God upon his life, he experienced some difficulties among the people. Jethro observed Moses, his son-in-law attending to all the people who were experiencing problems in the camp. The process took the entire day leaving Moses exhausted from…

Deuteronomy, whose main author is Moses, comes from the derivative of two Greek words, deuteros, meaning "second", and nomos, "law." This book, like other normative texts collected in the Pentateuch, highlights what God requires of his chosen people, and he does so by specifying the command that Jesus called "principal": "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength" (Mk 12.30) These words are the spinal cord of the entire discourse, which…

painting, Moses before the burning bush, with Moses removing his shoes, is a beautiful rendering of the scene when Moses first beholds the presence of God, through the burning bush. In this scene, Moses can be observed twice. In the far right and background of the painting he is removing his shoes because has just stumbled upon the presence of God while shepherding his flock. In Exodus 3:5, God states to Moses, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Then…

is in Exodus that while God is stilled explained using anthropomorphism, the Israelites develop a less individual relationship with God but more of a respectful, fearful association. They must have this perspective as well as an intermediary, often Moses or sacrifice, because of God’s overwhelming glory. His magnificence is depicted as too great, so otherworldly, and beyond human grasp that to even see Him is dangerous. When Exodus 16 describes the Israelites being supplied with manna in the…

2:1-10 starts by talking about the birth of Moses. Moses was born to born to a couple of the tribe of Levi. The wife conceived and had a son and when she saw that it was a good baby, she hid him for 3 months. When she could no longer hide him, she sent her son down the river Nile in a basket to protect him. His sister watched as to see what would happen to the baby. She saved him by hiding him among the edge of the river to keep from being found. Before Moses was born, The Pharaoh decided that…

that these words symbolize the words God spoke to Moses. Friedman examines the JPED theory. JEPD are initials signifying the four theoretical sources or writers of the Pentateuch or Torah. The J stands for Jawist from Yahweh. Yahweh is dated to 850 B.C. Three books in the Pentateuch labels God as Yahweh. Genesis and a few parts of Exodus and Numbers. The name Yahweh, for God, was so sacred it wasn’t to be said. The theory is that God revealed to Moses four letters YHWH. The pronunciation of…

of Canaan by Moses and the Israelites, followed by Joshua and the Israelites and finally the 12 individual Israelite tribes took place over a course of 33 years. The conquest originally began in southern Canaan with Moses and the Israelites being attacked by the Canaanite king of the city Arad who captured some of the Israelites. Moses and the Israelites with God's help attacked and defeated the Canaanite king, destroyed the city of Arad and murdered all of its inhabitants. Moses then leads…