slaveryJosephusexodusJewish AntiquitiesThe story of the Israelites' slavery in Egypt and subsequent redemption is the central narrative element of the Pentateuch. Josephus' claim that he was providing an accurate account of the Jews' ancient history in Jewish Antiquities thus meant that he had to ...
AccordingtoJewishtradition,JewishancestryistracedbacktotheBiblicalpatriarchsAbraham,IsaacandJacob,wholivedinCanaanaroundthe18thcenturyBCE.JacobandhisfamilymigratedtoAncientEgyptafterbeinginvitedtolivewithJosephintheLandofGoshenregionbyPharaoh.TheirdescendantswerelaterenslaveduntiltheExodusledbyMoses,whichiscommonlydatedto...
The holiday marks the liberation of Jewish people from slavery in ancient Egypt, and their exodus under the leadership of Moses. The story is taking on special meaning for thousands of Jewish Ukrainian refugees who are living a dramatic story in real time. Chabad, which has deep roots and...
The holiday marks the liberation of Jewish people from slavery in ancient Egypt, and their exodus under the leadership of Moses. The story is taking on special meaning for thousands of Jewish Ukrainian refugees who are living a dramatic story in real time. Chabad, which has deep roots ...
A significant Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. It is during this time that the custom of releasing a prisoner was observed.5. BarabbasAlthough not mentioned directly in this verse, Barabbas is the prisoner whom the crowd ultimately chooses to release instead of Jesus...
Jews in synagogues the world over read the biblical command: “Remember what Amalek did to you… after you left Egypt… how – undeterred by fear of God – he surprised you on the march when you were famished and weary and cut down all the stragglers in your rear… do not forget!”...
Various sources mention the presence of Khazarians in the Caucasus, Byzantium, Kievan Russia, Hungary, and even distant Alexandria in Egypt. Khazarians are mentioned in the historical sources as late as the fourteenth century." (page 118) But he did not take a position about the ultimate ...
“Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for in haste didst thou come forth out of the land of Egypt; that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the ...
God sent the patriarch Jacob and his children to Egypt; after they eventually became enslaved, God sent Moses to redeem the Israelites from slavery. After the Exodus from Egypt, God led them to Mount Sinai and gave them the Torah, and eventually brought them to the Land of Israel. ...
ritual booths used during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at a religious neighborhood of Jerusalem on Oct. 7, 2014. Observant Jews build temporary structures for the week-long festival commemorating the 40 years of travel in the desert after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. This year's Sukkot ...