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  2. The Exodus - Wikipedia

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    The Exodus (Hebrew: יציאת מצרים, Yəṣīʾat Mīṣrayīm: lit.'Departure from Egypt'[ a ]) is the founding myth [ b ] of the Israelites whose narrative is spread over four of the five books of the Pentateuch (specifically, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). The narrative of the Exodus describes a history of Egyptian ...

  3. Book of Exodus - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Exodus (from Ancient Greek: Ἔξοδος, romanized: Éxodos; Biblical Hebrew: שְׁמוֹת Šəmōṯ, 'Names'; Latin: Liber Exodus) is the second book of the Bible. It is a narrative of the Exodus, the origin myth of the Israelites leaving slavery in Biblical Egypt through the strength of their deity named Yahweh, who according ...

  4. Exodus (Uris novel) - Wikipedia

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    Exodus. (Uris novel) Exodus is a historical novel by American novelist Leon Uris about the founding of the State of Israel beginning with a compressed retelling of the voyages of the 1947 immigration ship Exodus and describing the histories of the various main characters and the ties of their personal lives to the birth of the new Jewish state.

  5. Exodus (1960 film) - Wikipedia

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    Exodus. (1960 film) Exodus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film about the founding of the State of Israel. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger, the screenplay was adapted by Dalton Trumbo from the 1958 novel of the same name by Leon Uris. The film stars an ensemble cast including Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson ...

  6. Chronology of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Exodus takes place in (AM 2666), exactly two-thirds of the way through the 4,000 years, marking it as the pivotal event of the chronology. [6] It is also two-thirds of the way through the 40 notional "generations" of 100 years each, with Aaron, the first High Priest of Israel, representing the 26th generation from Adam. [4] AM 3146 Solomon ...

  7. Sources and parallels of the Exodus - Wikipedia

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    The Exodus is the founding myth of the Israelites. [1][a] The scholarly consensus is that the Exodus, as described in the Torah, is not historical, even though there may be a historical core behind the Biblical narrative. [2][3] Modern archaeologists believe that the Israelites were indigenous to Canaan and were never in ancient Egypt, and if ...

  8. The Exodus Decoded - Wikipedia

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    The documentary deals with The Exodus, the founding story of the Israelites.While few mainstream historians would consider the Book of Exodus as a reliable narrative, Cameron and Jacobovici present a speculative question as to whether the events as described, particularly relating to the plagues of Egypt, could be explained naturalistically.

  9. The Parting of the Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Parting of the Sea: How Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Plagues Shaped the Exodus Story is a book written by Barbara J. Sivertsen in 2009. [1] The book accepts the biblical story as factual and supports an early Exodus hypothesis, prior to a biblical date posited as ca. 1440 BCE. According to the author, "The Exodus was in fact two separate ...