When Pharaoh tells the people to “cast (off)” the baby boys (Exodus 1:22), do we ask, horrified: How could any people behave as Pharaoh directs?! Or do we acknowledge that we are those people?
Tag Archives: Book of Exodus
(#27) From There
What does it mean to be “from there”? The Hebrew word for “Hebrews” is thought to mean something like “folks from over there” or maybe “from the other side of the river.” How does the view from the other side inform the Exodus and struggle for liberation?
Did not know Joseph: Adread Resources
Pharaoh did not know Joseph. Shortly thereafter, the Book of Exodus relates attempted genocide.
Rereading Torah Towards Liberation 