Exodus From Egypt
 This article is part of the series the book of Exodus. |
The Exodus of Israel out of Egypt ( Hebrew : , jsija misajim, "the Exodus from Egypt"), as described in the Book Biblical of the Exodus is the departure and emancipation of the Hebrews reduced in slavery by Egypt. Led by Moses and Aaron , Hebrews and those who joined them en route to the land of Canaan to take possession under the divine promise made to their ancestors , during a long journey through the desert.
From a traditional perspective, the Exodus is the origin of the Jewish holiday of Passover , and is considered the founding event of the identity of the children of Israel and their relationship to God.
From an academic perspective, historical analysis and archaeological evidence have cast great doubt on the historicity of the Exodus, placing him among the founding myths of the Jewish nation.
Summary |
The Israelites had left Canaan for Egypt when Joseph became Prime Minister of Egypt. After Joseph's death and the arrival of a Pharaoh "who did not know" (or "had not known") Joseph, the Egyptians, alarmed by the rapidly growing population of Jews and their lending under domination, the enslaved for hundreds of years (210 or 400 years).
This work, in particular the manufacture of bricks, was extremely harsh and oppressive conditions enormous. Moses , in exile in Egypt at that time was called (or felt called) to become their leader. Returning to Egypt, he tried to negotiate with Pharaoh , who was not receptive, and said he did not know the God of Moses. Moses, under God's command, invoked a series of plagues. Finally, Pharaoh approved the application of the Israelites, to let Moses lead them into the desert to honor their god.
However, Pharaoh changed his mind when they left and sent a number of soldiers to bring them back. The Jews escaped miraculously, through a "sea" on dry ground, the waters forming a wall of each of their side. When the Israelites crossed the sea, the sea was closed, trapping the Egyptian pursuers, who could not flee because their cars had stalled.
After their departure from Egypt, the Israelites realized a journey through forty places. Places where there is currently such steps, especially the first in the list are unknown or unreliable. Major events were held in these early 'stations', which the gift or the proclamation of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai with the rest of the Mosaic Law. The Israelites finally arrive at Kadesh-Barnea , where they remain relatively long. Explorers are sent to report on Canaan for its invasion, but with the exception of Joshua son of Nun the Ephraimite and Caleb the son of Yefoun Judahite, all discourage any company trying to force the inhabitants. Several routes have been used by the actors of the Exodus. Many places listed could not be identified with their corresponding modern and present information in the Bible and related literature does not provide enough information about the unique landmarks. The route that the Israelites would have followed after their departure from Egypt is given in narrative form and summarized route. Some cities beginning of the route, as Ra'amses , Pithom and Sukkot , are relatively well identified, and the second part of the route, near the land of Canaan , is also composed of relatively well-known locations: the site of Kadesh-Barnea was probably correctly identified, but the first traces of occupation found in the era ramsesside are dated several centuries downstream of Exodus, including late. Mount Sinai, so important in the Bible, is not clearly localized: if the Jebel Musa in the southern Sinai Peninsula, is the most frequently cited, other candidates more or less credible, as Har Karkom have been proposed, and no conclusive evidence of the Exodus has so far been identified. The passage of the Red Sea is not more of consensus, except that he probably has not occurred at the Red Sea. Have been proposed pelussique branch of the Nile , along the network of the Bitter Lakes and the smaller channels which formed a barrier against leakage to the west, the Gulf of Suez (SSE of Sukkot) and the Gulf of Aqaba ( the S Etzion-Geber). It appears from the scriptural passage of the "Red Sea" in fact the Sea of Reeds (Yam Suf), the term could refer to both the Gulf of Aqaba that of Suez, but it could also s' act of one of the many ponds papyrus from Egypt. The verse of Exodus 12.37 indicates a number of 600 000 men leaving. The Hebrews did not flee, abandoning their wives and children, are 600 000 families who take the path of the desert. If we consider the composition of a family of 6 members, father, mother and 4 children it gives a population of 3.6 million people which must be added a multitude of people and countless flocks (Exodus 12.38) The total population of Egypt is estimated at the time suspected of Exodus, about 2.8 million people. This number of 600 000 men seems impossible, however, it is confirmed in "The Numbers where Moses, on the orders of the Lord (Num. 1.1), conducts a census of all males aged twenty years and more, they are two years after fleeing Egypt, 603,550 (Num. 1.46). Several theories have been proposed to explain the plagues of Egypt, the partition of water, attributing them to various weather phenomena, volcanic or geological broadly. Several attempts are also using a revised chronology, placing the pharaohs like Ramses II centuries later. A possible explanation (and often cited) and wound Divide was the eruption of Santorini , and the tsunami corollary, that may have occurred at the time of the Exodus. This theory was, however, abandoned Revision of Egyptian chronologies
All these events seem to have occurred during the first year after the Exodus, the Torah through the desert lying between eighty and one hundred and twenty years of Moses The route of the Exodus 
That's why tens or hundreds of roads have been proposed, and the location of the stages is largely dependent on the site that the researcher wants to look like Mount Sinai and / or Horeb. Numbers involved in the Exodus
Reviewing dating of the Exodus
Timelines traditional Exodus
Timelines synchronizing the Exodus with the expulsion of the Hyksos
Invasion of two parts
Theories minimalist
Timelines present a Late Exodus
Geographic Problems
Alternative theories
The volcanic theory
Association Osarseph
Association in Athens: the Freudian hypothesis
References
Interpretation
See also
Sources
External Links
Loading ...