JUS 372A Lecture 4: Exodus, Joshua, Judges
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King sargon, founder of semitic dynasty of akkad. Mother was an enitu priestess and father was unknown. Put him in a little box made of reeds and put him in the river. A man named akki found him and raised him as his son. New pharaoh demanded that all baby boys be drowned in nile. Mother became pregnant with moses and gave birth to him. Hid him for three months until she could hide him no longer. Placed moses in a papyrus basket and placed him among the reeds near bank of the nile. Pharaoh"s daughter fou(cid:374)d moses while bathi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d took hi(cid:373) i(cid:374) Born in slavery, raised as royalty, and became leader and freedom giver of the slave people to whom he was born after transgressing the rules of his royal world. Hebrew name means drawn out of the water. Bible claims that there are over 200,000 men, meaning about 2. 5 million people total.