Moses’ and Aaron’s first encounter with Pharaoh turned out, on a human scale, to be a disaster: The conditions of Hebrew slavery worsened. They now faced the same brick quota without the necessary ...
MOSES AND PHARAOH Episode Twelve of In The Beginning Bible Series recounts the struggle between Gods servant Moses and the Egyptian leader over the fate of the ...
In his book “Assimilation versus Separation: Joseph the Administrator and the Politics of Religion in Biblical Israel,” Aaron Wildavsky examines Joseph’s career. Wildavsky, who had a distinguished ...
The name Moses is a play on a Hebrew word that means “to be drawn out of” — in his case, the waters of the Nile. Moses was rescued by Pharaoh’s daughter when he was found floating in a basket on the ...
A team of Egyptian archaeologists has unearthed a fort dating back millennia in Hosh Issa, uncovering artifacts including a bronze sword bearing the name of Pharaoh Ramses II. Ramses II, also known as ...
When Moses faced Pharaoh asking for the Hebrews' freedom, he threw at the obstinate ruler 10 plagues. If Moses had roaches, mosquitoes, and love bugs to fling at the hard-headed man, the Hebrews would ...