Nolan McCarthy
Period 5
9/12/10
Ancient Civilization Essay
The Exodus movement was a climax of the religion Judaism and I would choose
to be a Hebrew in this time period because of the events that occurred. The Exodus was a
time in which the Israelites were freed from Egypt. Moses was believed to be an Israelite
but was raised in a pharaoh’s palace. Moses had received a message from god telling him
to take the Israelites from Egypt and march them into a new land, Canaan. The pharaoh
was not in favor of this, but after a series of plagues, he had no choice. After the Exodus,
Moses led the Israelites through the deserts for years and eventually came to a mountain
called Sinai. On that mountain, it is said by the Torah that God gave Moses two stone
tablets in which to write the 10 Commandments on.
After 40 years of wandering through the desert, the Israelites came to a land
called Canaan. They believed that God promised them this land and was said to be
“flowing with milk and honey”. Other people had inhabited the land of Canaan but the
Israelites won the land over, in the time of several decades. Thus, the land became known
as Israel. Every now then there were prophets that had the job of communicating the
word of God to the people of Israel to keep them focused on there faith. This was
important because otherwise, the people would be left with many unanswered questions
and the religion would die out.
Although it was not mentioned in the book, this was also the time when Moses
parted the red sea so that he and the Israelites could get to Canaan. And overall, I would
want to be a Hebrew because I would like to witness all of the events leading up to the
rule of Israel.