That's the subject of much debate among archeologists and historical anthropologists. The stories originally written in Hebrew suggest a polytheistic religion with a god of the mountain, a god of the sky and so forth. The Jews became monotheists with the pact between Moses and Yaweh, and the creation of the Ten Commandments.
the departure of the israelites from egypt
Moses leading the Israelites from Egypt was approx 1500BC
The Exodus?
the Exodus
The passover was initiated on the Old Testament when the Angel of Death passed over the Israelites during the plagues on the Egyptians before the Exodus. This is found in Exodus 12. The passover feast was meant to remind the Israelites about how they were delivered from enslavement in Egypt.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are the patriarches of the Israelites. Jacob was later named "Israel" and from him the "12 tribes of Israel" came, which together were the Israelites. The covenant between God and Abraham, which continued to Isaac and Jacob, was the start of the Israelites.The second event was the Exodus from Egyot, led by Moses. The Exodus and the eventual arrival in the land of Canaan, promised to the Israelites by God, helped forge the Jewish faith.
Egypt.
The book Exodus was written by Moses and it is about him and the Israelites journey through the desert.
The exodus from Egypt is the most important event in Judaism. It marks the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and is central to Jewish identity and faith. This event is commemorated annually during Passover.
In The Bible, the Israelites wandered for forty years before they entered Canaan.In history, on the other hand, there was no Exodus from Egypt and no militiary conquest of Canaan as described in the Bible. The Israelites did not travel from Egypt to Canaan.
The Israelites at first enjoyed a prosperous period in Egypt (Genesis 47:27), since the Egyptians were grateful to Joseph (a leading Israelite) for having enabled them to survive a famine (Genesis ch.41). Later, the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians (Exodus ch.1), with backbreaking labor and cruel decrees (ibid). By the time of the Exodus, many of the Israelites had given up hope (Exodus ch.6).
It was called the Exodus.