It can most specifically mean the first five books pentateuch or five books of moses of the 24 books of the hebrew bible. Follow israels iconic rescue in the book of exodus. Here, the israelites are enslaved to the egyptians, and the first half of the book focuses on how god raises up moses to deliver his people from the egyptians. In their simplest form, the twentyfour books of the jewish bible the tanach present a history of the first 3500 years from creation until the building of the second temple in jerusalem. The torah mentions the exodus from egypt again and again.
When the pharaoh who befriended joseph died a new pharaoh came to power and he decided to make the. Exodus, the liberation of the people of israel from slavery in egypt in. The five books of moses in the torah learn religions. Old testament hebrew english holy name king james version with strongs numbers. The english name exodus comes from the ancient greek. The second book of the pentateuch is called exodus, from the greek word for departure, because its central event was understood by the septuagints translators to be the departure of the israelites from egypt. God raises up a deliverer to confront the evil of pharaoh and. Lesson 17 exodus 20 from torah class seed of abraham on vimeo. These are also called the pentateuch, from a greek word meaning fivefold volume. Affliction in egypt, discovery of baby moses, pharaoh. The koren tanakh of the land of israel offers an innovative and refreshing approach to the hebrew bible. Exodus is a latin word derived from greek exodos, the name given to the book by those who translated it into greek.
It takes its english name from the event in which moses led the jews out of egypt and slavery. The noted bible scholar, everett fox, sees 6 divisions within the book of exodus. In hebrew the work torah is represented by the consonants hebrew is read right from left, so the letters are equivalent to the english letters torh. Read download text download illustrations listen audio. Transitioning from the book of exodus to the rest of the torah. The hebrew title for the book comes from the opening phrase of the book.
It is a mitzvah to recall the fact that gd took our forefathers out of egypt and freed us from bondage each day. God raises up a deliverer to confront the evil of pharaoh and to liberate the israelites. The book of exodus is intimately connected with genesis and numbersand after the composition of leviticus the fourwere combined into one book, and later on deuteronomy was added to form the torah or pentateuch as we have come to know it. To understand the weekly parasha modern reading in the peshat of the torah and its ideas volume 2 dr. Traditionally, the jews have divided their scriptures into three parts. Read download text download illustrations listen audio download audio video. Shemot exodus chapter 1 parshah shemot torah bible. God saves his people from the egyptians, but now they are a nation without a home, wandering in the desert and unsure why god. The torah portions in the second book, called shemot hebrew exodus are composed 11 portions, including the first portion, or selfnamed parsha of shemot vaeira bo beshalach yitro mishpatim terumah. It has two settings, egypt and the wilderness of sinai, and its timeframe is the latter part of the th century b. Although the three hebrew slave laws may not represent exactly the same cases, the differences between them are indicative of different laws, from different times and places, reflecting different ideas of slavery. Exodus, the liberation of the people of israel from slavery in egypt in the th century bce, under the leadership of moses. Although judaism has both a written torah and an oral torah, the. In the hebrew text of the book of genesis, if you take the first t, then count 49 letters, the next letter the 50th is o.
This important biblical book sets the basic plot line and core themes of the. The greek and english name originates with the septuagint translation of the 3rd century bce. The exodus clearly plays a central role in judaism. Book of exodus, session 1 introduction the book of exodus is the second book of the torah or pentateuch, the first five books of the old testament. It has been altered and interpolated over the centuries since the time it was revealed by god to moses, by hebrew priests and other hebrew writers. Despite being regarded in judaism as the primary factual historical narrative of the origin of the religion, culture and ethnicity, exodus is now accepted by scholars as having been compiled in the 8th7th centuries bce from stories dating possibly as far back as the th century bce, with further polishing in the 6th5th centuries bce, as a theological and political manifesto to unite the. In other words, the covenant as a whole describes the relationship that god has established between himself and his people by virtue of his act of deliverance on their behalf exod. In part one of the book of exodus, god frees abrahams descendants in egypt through his servants moses and aaron with an epic showdown between good and evil. It should rather tell us these are the children of israel. Get an answer for what are the three sections of the book of exodus in the torah or bible. There are a few different names for the five books of moses. The torah portions in the second book, called shemot hebrew exodus are composed 11 portions, including the first portion, or selfnamed parsha of shemot vaeira bo beshalach yitro mishpatim terumah tetzaveh ki tisa vayakhel pekudei. The five books of moses are the biblical books of genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, and deuteronomy.
Summary of the book of exodus the story of the bible. In part one of the book of exodus, god frees abrahams descendants in egypt. The second book of the torah describes the birth of the jewish people. And these are the names of the children of israel who came to egypt. Exodus in this book, we read the famous story of moses leading the jewish people out of egypt, to mount sinai to accept the torah and the ten commandments. In exodus, it is clear that torah in the sense of a set of specific instructions is part of the covenant and not the other way around. The greek name is in philo also, that is, departure. The first part of exodus recounts how abrahams family ends up enslaved in egypt. Exodus is the harshest version, and deuteronomy, with its humanitarian view, ameliorates somewhat the fate of the israelite slave. The book begins when joseph and his brothers died and the israelites grew so numerous that the land was full of them.
Bible survery exodus hebrew name velleh shemoth these are the names greek name exodus departure author moses date from 1635 to 1490 bc approximately. Shemot exodus chapter 1 judaism, torah and jewish info. Its two and a half chapters summarize the previous instructions about. We attach significance to some materials, such as gold, silver, and jewels, because they are relatively rare, and hard to come by. Now, let me state from the outset, that just as the standard biblical divisions of ot and nt, the 66 named books, and all the numbered chapters and verses are entirely manmade and of no spiritual importance, so is the concept of 6 divisions within the book of exodus. Exodus hebrew english translation massoretic text mt. For those unfamiliar with the jps series it is designed like a hebrew book which means it opens the opposite way regular english books do, which takes a little getting used to. The books also relate the history of the jewish nation from its earliest stage, through the giving of the law at mount sinai, and until the end of the first commonwealth. The first five books of the bible the books of moses are known as the torah. This is the first of a three part series called the torah crash course, exploring the book of genesis. The koren tanakh of the land of israel exodus koren. The english name of the book derives from the septuagint greek use of exodus to designate the deliverance of the israelites from egyptian bondage and their safe. This weeks torah portion, pkudei, concludes the book of exodus. The torah was written by moses, so it is called the book of the law of moses.
Book of exodus, session 1 introduction yale divinity school. The second book of the torah or pentateuch is called by the jews, from the opening words, or briefly. It can also mean the continued narrative from all the 24 books, from the book of genesis to the end of. Free pdf book shemot hebrew book of exodus torah portion. This, the second book of the torah, tells the story of the israelites bondage in egypt, their liberation by the prophet moses, their journey to mount sinai where god reveals the ten commandments to moses, and their wanderings in the wilderness.
The king of egypt died, and a new king arose, it implies that the old king was still alive, only that his policies had changed, and he acted like a new king. Its hebrew title, shemoth names, is from the book s opening phrase, these are the names. In hebrew it is not a name but the initials of the three sections of the old testament. The book of exodus or, simply, exodus, from greek, exodos, meaning going out.
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