Towey: What Happens In The Book Of Exodus
In this essay I am going to explore what happens in the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. I will also go on to further explain why this event is so significant for the Jewish people. This helps to explain why what happened in Exodus is still remembered and celebrated by those of Jewish faith today all over the world and why it is described as the most significant event in Jewish history.
In an introduction to Christian theology, Towey discusses the importance of the Exodus “The subsequent account of the Exodus from Egypt by the Hebrews is arguably the focal point of all Jewish history” [Towey: 2013: 42] The book of Exodus begins with the new leadership in Egypt, Pharaoh who feels threatened as the Israelites have come in multitude and are …show more content…
She nursed him and brought him up making him a prince. She named him Moses as she said she drew him out of the water.
As Moses grew up he saw how the Israelites were being treated as they were forced in to slavery “digging clay, making bricks, doing various kinds of field-work” [EX 1:13]. Yahweh had also seen this taking place when Moses had an encounter with the angel of Yahweh who appeared to him in a flame blazing form in a bush. Moses was puzzled as the bush was not being burnt up, he was greeted by …show more content…
Exodus is important for Jews as it shows Gods identity as well as his power, wisdom, goodness and mercy. It also shows the relationship between God and his people helping readers to understand how God will always be with us just like he guided the Israelites and was with them. In ‘Introducing the Old Testament’ Coggins describes the Exodus as “pictured as a deliverance from oppression” (Coggins 2001, p.96) This is why the Jews see the Exodus as important as it helps to show who God really is as he is seen to be on the side of the weak and oppressed when he recognises the way the Israelites are being treated and appears to Moses to help to free them. Exodus is important for the Jewish people as it is the first time that Israel is defined as a tribe and shows God as mighty and omnipotent as he has the power to bring the Israelites out of slavery and take them to
In an introduction to Christian theology, Towey discusses the importance of the Exodus “The subsequent account of the Exodus from Egypt by the Hebrews is arguably the focal point of all Jewish history” [Towey: 2013: 42] The book of Exodus begins with the new leadership in Egypt, Pharaoh who feels threatened as the Israelites have come in multitude and are …show more content…
She nursed him and brought him up making him a prince. She named him Moses as she said she drew him out of the water.
As Moses grew up he saw how the Israelites were being treated as they were forced in to slavery “digging clay, making bricks, doing various kinds of field-work” [EX 1:13]. Yahweh had also seen this taking place when Moses had an encounter with the angel of Yahweh who appeared to him in a flame blazing form in a bush. Moses was puzzled as the bush was not being burnt up, he was greeted by …show more content…
Exodus is important for Jews as it shows Gods identity as well as his power, wisdom, goodness and mercy. It also shows the relationship between God and his people helping readers to understand how God will always be with us just like he guided the Israelites and was with them. In ‘Introducing the Old Testament’ Coggins describes the Exodus as “pictured as a deliverance from oppression” (Coggins 2001, p.96) This is why the Jews see the Exodus as important as it helps to show who God really is as he is seen to be on the side of the weak and oppressed when he recognises the way the Israelites are being treated and appears to Moses to help to free them. Exodus is important for the Jewish people as it is the first time that Israel is defined as a tribe and shows God as mighty and omnipotent as he has the power to bring the Israelites out of slavery and take them to