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July 31,2014
Joseph McCarthy
History of Judaism Those who study religions often focus on the history of it. They look for key things like stories, myths, important people, and key events that took place. It is always easier to learn about a topic if you break it down into sections like, people of importance and key events that happened during their life.
The Life of Moses Moses is known as the greatest prophet, leader, and teacher that Judaism has ever known. Moses is described as the only person who ever knew God, meaning God spoke to Moses directly, not through visions or dreams, as God would communicate with other prophets (Rich, 1999-2011). Moses was born on 7 Adar, the twelfth month of the Jewish year, in the year of 2368 from Creation. He was the son of Amram and Yocheved (Ex. 6:16-20) (Rich, 1999-2011). Unlike other heroes from other ancient cultures, Moses was not born a miraculous birth. His father and mother married and conceived and gave birth (Ex. 2:1-2). During the time Moses was born, the Pharaoh had ordered that all male children born to the Hebrew slaves should be drowned in the Nile River at birth (Ex. 1:22) (Rich, 1999-2011). Moses’ mother, Yocheved, hid him for three months. When Moses’ mother could no longer hide him, she put him in a little basket and placed it on the Nile River, where he would be found by the Pharaohs daughter who bathed in the river (Ex. 2:2-3) (Rich, 1999-2011). Though little is actually know about Moses’ youth, according to the Rich (1999-2011) website, there is a traditional story told that when he was a child, he was sitting on the Pharaoh’s knee and took the crown off the Pharaoh’s head and put it on. The court magicians took this as a bad sign and commanded that Moses be tested. So they put a stove full of gold and a stove full of hot coals in front of him to see which one he would take. If Moses had taken the gold, he would have to be killed. An angel guided Moses’



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