The Exodus Narrative

The Exodus Narrative

Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections

2015

Moshe Kornfield, Scott Meyer, Elias Sacks, Stephanie Yuhas, Andrew Violet, Jane Thaler

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The biblical Exodus—in which God guides a prophet named Moses in freeing the ancestors of the Jews from slavery—is the founding story of Judaism. This ancient narrative has inspired oppressed religious groups, abolitionists, labor organizers, and civil rights leaders in their struggles for freedom and justice. Page from the Venice Haggadah of 1606 depicting parting of the Red Sea. “God spoke to Moses and said to him… ‘Say, therefore, to the Israelite people: I am the Lord. I will free you from the labors of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and through extraordinary chastisements. And I will take you to be My people, and I will be your God. And you shall know that I, the Lord, am your God who freed you from the labors of the Egyptians.’” (Exodus 6:2-7) The Exodus Narrative Page from the Barcelona Haggadah illuminated manuscript circa mid-fourteenth century.