The story of the exodus from Egypt describes the birth of the people of Israel under the leadership of Moses. Passover is an opportunity to examine some of the fundamental characteristics of ...

Could Ramses II have been the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh mentioned in the Biblical and Quranic accounts of the Exodus, asks Nevine El-Aref ...

Before he could confront Pharaoh, Israel’s greatest leader had to stand barefoot in the wilderness and answer a terrifying ...

Exodus 2:11-15"Who made you a prince and a judge over us?"—Exodus 2:14As we look at the life of Moses, we can clearly see how ...

Saved from a watery death by Pharaoh’s daughter and raised among Egyptian royalty, Moses would not have seemed to be a candidate for freeing the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery. God’s designs are not, ...

An ancient statue of an Egyptian pharaoh -- commonly depicted in media as the tyrant Moses confronted ahead of the exodus -- was discovered in Egypt. The nation's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Elie Wiesel describes Moses as “the loneliest” character in the Bible. Moses is the ruler of an unruly bunch of former slaves, as well as a prophet and lawgiver, and, for a short time, the High Priest ...

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 ...

With crisis ahead and behind, Moses turns to Israel, God’s people, and says, “Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.” Many of us feel the same. No matter where we turn, we face resistance and ...

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 swarm of locusts covering the sky and the "darkness that can be felt"! The ruin of the royal palace and the moment of ...

It sometimes seems impossible to understand how a rational human being can persist in a course of action when he sees clear signs over and over again that his actions lead only to disaster after ...