2.5 The world of Moses

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2.5 - The world of Moses

2.5: The world of Moses:

- what the story of Moses is about

- what is told in the Tanakh, Bible and Quran about the earliest history of the Jews

- why we do not know if the story of Moses truly happened

What are we going to do today?

- What did we do last week?

- Explanation: The origins of Judaism

In which book Moses is mentioned?

1. The Bible
2. The Quran
3. The Tanakh
4. In all of the above

The origin of Judaism

• The religion started with the nomad Abraham
• In the Tanakh is written that God made an agreement (convenant) with him:

1. Abraham and his descendents were given the land of Canaan
2. They could not worship any other gods than God ( monotheïsm)

Which of the following sentences is not true:

1. The Egyptians had a polytheistic religion
2. Judaism is a monotheistic religion
3. The Book of the Dead was the holy book of the Egyptians
4. The Tanakh was the holy book of the Jews

Read 2.5 pages 42 and 43

Exercises: 1 till 7

The story of Moses - fact or fiction?

Fact or fiction?

- You need evidence to support facts

- There is no evidence for the presence of Moses (& the Israelites) in Egypt

- The stories are the result of an oral tradition. This does not necessarily mean that the stories are fabrications.

Do you know any stories that are the result of an oral tradition? Which stories?