Exodus Essay
Collier, P. (2013). Exodus: How migration is changing our world. Oxford University press
Bible commentary describes seventy descendants of Jacob entering into Egypt. This figure includes Joseph, who was already in Egypt, (having been sold into slavery by his brothers) and his sons. In Genesis 46, the descendants of Jacob are listed, including Joseph and eight of his heirs. The bible also counts Jacob's daughter Dinah and wife Aseneth, who also bore children to him. The firstborn son of Jacob was Reuben, who yielded an alternative number of seventy-five. The descendants of Jacob include off-spring born later in Egypt, after the migration. From Jacob’s family of seventy, an entire nation would develop in the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham.
In a cross-reference of the Exodus narrative, I found the Book of Genesis concludes with the life of Joseph, who, as the last verse of Genesis reveals; died at the age of 110. By the end of the final chapter of Genesis, the people, possibly descendants of Israel were in Egypt, living in bondage. In the meantime there arose a new king over Egypt, that did not know of Joseph, and he said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we" (Exodus 1:8-9). …show more content…
In Dozeman, T. B., In Evans, C. A., & In Lohr, J. N. (2014). The book of Exodus: Composition, reception, and interpretation.
The Exodus involves the deliverance of Israel and giving of the Law, the applications of other laws and customs apart from (The Ten Commandments) as well as an introduction to moral ethics in the most basic of interpretations.
A number of scholars date the Exodus as occurring in the 11th or 13th century BCE and date the earliest writings in our Bible as occurring 200-300 years later. According to earlier accounts, the author of Exodus was said to be Moses; writing during the latter time period of Israel's life in the desert. In fact, the narrative gives several indications of a personal account of Egyptian culture that would be difficult to settle if the narrative had been completely written at a later date as suggested by
critics.
Nonetheless, modern scholars are divided between those that agree that the book forms part of a unified composition but choose to assign the book to a later time than that of Moses and those who believe in a literal account of the book, and credit the rest of the Pentateuch as being written somewhere between the 9th and 5th century BCE. Elsewhere in the bible, reference / the use of an Exhaustive Concordance frequent references occur (e.g. Ps. 78: 43—53, Is. 51: 10, Mic.6: 4—5, Heb. 11: 27—9). Moreover, throughout Jewish history the book of Exodus is highly regarded as the outstanding instance of God’s favor to his chosen people. Throughout history bible scholars have used the Exodus story and the imagery of the Passover in chapter 12 to reference the sacrifice of Christ at Calvary. In present-day history the Exodus story is symbolized as an important image that represents liberation from Black Americans in the United States to Liberation theologians in Latin America.
Bible commentary describes seventy descendants of Jacob entering into Egypt. This figure includes Joseph, who was already in Egypt, (having been sold into slavery by his brothers) and his sons. In Genesis 46, the descendants of Jacob are listed, including Joseph and eight of his heirs. The bible also counts Jacob's daughter Dinah and wife Aseneth, who also bore children to him. The firstborn son of Jacob was Reuben, who yielded an alternative number of seventy-five. The descendants of Jacob include off-spring born later in Egypt, after the migration. From Jacob’s family of seventy, an entire nation would develop in the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham.
In a cross-reference of the Exodus narrative, I found the Book of Genesis concludes with the life of Joseph, who, as the last verse of Genesis reveals; died at the age of 110. By the end of the final chapter of Genesis, the people, possibly descendants of Israel were in Egypt, living in bondage. In the meantime there arose a new king over Egypt, that did not know of Joseph, and he said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger than we" (Exodus 1:8-9). …show more content…
In Dozeman, T. B., In Evans, C. A., & In Lohr, J. N. (2014). The book of Exodus: Composition, reception, and interpretation.
The Exodus involves the deliverance of Israel and giving of the Law, the applications of other laws and customs apart from (The Ten Commandments) as well as an introduction to moral ethics in the most basic of interpretations.
A number of scholars date the Exodus as occurring in the 11th or 13th century BCE and date the earliest writings in our Bible as occurring 200-300 years later. According to earlier accounts, the author of Exodus was said to be Moses; writing during the latter time period of Israel's life in the desert. In fact, the narrative gives several indications of a personal account of Egyptian culture that would be difficult to settle if the narrative had been completely written at a later date as suggested by
critics.
Nonetheless, modern scholars are divided between those that agree that the book forms part of a unified composition but choose to assign the book to a later time than that of Moses and those who believe in a literal account of the book, and credit the rest of the Pentateuch as being written somewhere between the 9th and 5th century BCE. Elsewhere in the bible, reference / the use of an Exhaustive Concordance frequent references occur (e.g. Ps. 78: 43—53, Is. 51: 10, Mic.6: 4—5, Heb. 11: 27—9). Moreover, throughout Jewish history the book of Exodus is highly regarded as the outstanding instance of God’s favor to his chosen people. Throughout history bible scholars have used the Exodus story and the imagery of the Passover in chapter 12 to reference the sacrifice of Christ at Calvary. In present-day history the Exodus story is symbolized as an important image that represents liberation from Black Americans in the United States to Liberation theologians in Latin America.