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Genesis 18
" Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. "
The drowning of the Pharaoh and his army would have been known around the "world", via trade routes. Just because they did not have internet, doesn't mean they did not still talk about the news and pass on current events via the oral tradition and spice trade routes.
The mountain is the mountain of god, Mount Sinai. Where Moses received the 10 commandments. Moses sent away his wife and his sons, because he went to Mount Sinai to commune with God. That is how Jethro knew where to find Moses, as did the other people who came to him to seek his council.
The intro of "I am Jethro, your father in law" is needed because, as he pointed out, in Exodus 2 his name was Reul; He changed it, and that is why he had to introduce himself as Jethro.
This happens a lot in the ancient times. Abram who becomes Abraham, Simon who is known as Peter, Jacob who becomes Israel, and apparently Reul who becomes Jethro.
This guy is not very good at what he is trying to do. He is inserting his own bias into the scripture, ignoring human behavior, and the patriarchal nature of society in that time.
For instance he talks about Moses bragging about his accomplishments and all that god had done to pharaoh and what had transpired. In this story it is quite possible that he would include Zipporah's tale of saving him from god's wrath. We do not know because it is a simple verse of summation of events. But it could also be that he omits it because he is embarrassed he was " saved by a girl." This may also be why he sent her away, her presence embarrassed him. Or maybe she was constantly reminding him," remember how I saved your life, give me more..."
One thing he mentions, that is worth focusing on, is the change of the name of the father in law. Without any background on the name meanings, it is peculiar that the name would change.
The second thing is the mentioning of other god's. Of course we know of the fact that the Egyptians worshiped Ra and his pantheon, but he is not talking about those gods, he is talking about the gods of the Canaanites, who were Hebrews in the land of Abraham. Of which El, or Yahweh is one. He, Yahweh, is the god of Mount Sinai, he is the creator god, and he is synonymous with several Sumerian and Babylonian gods.
The crossing of the "red sea" in the bible has been mistranslated, it is actually the body of water known as the Gulf of Suez, directly east of this area is the mountain range that holds the peak of Mount Sinai. (Rabbi Saadie Gaon, a Jewish philosopher of the 9th century CE). This is the "wilderness" of Moses.
Abram was from Ur, where the chief deity was Sin, he moves form Ur to Haran, where, again, the chief deity is Sin, and from there he moves to Canaan. And there he brings Sin, and establishes his Dominance for the Hebrew People. William Albright writes of this link, but as a "biblical Scholar and apologist" he asserts there is no link. I believe he is wrong, and that his faith colored his view of the truth. There are too many parallels between Genesis and the Jewish creation story and the early Semitic cosmologies of the near east.
" Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. "
The drowning of the Pharaoh and his army would have been known around the "world", via trade routes. Just because they did not have internet, doesn't mean they did not still talk about the news and pass on current events via the oral tradition and spice trade routes.
The mountain is the mountain of god, Mount Sinai. Where Moses received the 10 commandments. Moses sent away his wife and his sons, because he went to Mount Sinai to commune with God. That is how Jethro knew where to find Moses, as did the other people who came to him to seek his council.
The intro of "I am Jethro, your father in law" is needed because, as he pointed out, in Exodus 2 his name was Reul; He changed it, and that is why he had to introduce himself as Jethro.
This happens a lot in the ancient times. Abram who becomes Abraham, Simon who is known as Peter, Jacob who becomes Israel, and apparently Reul who becomes Jethro.
This guy is not very good at what he is trying to do. He is inserting his own bias into the scripture, ignoring human behavior, and the patriarchal nature of society in that time.
For instance he talks about Moses bragging about his accomplishments and all that god had done to pharaoh and what had transpired. In this story it is quite possible that he would include Zipporah's tale of saving him from god's wrath. We do not know because it is a simple verse of summation of events. But it could also be that he omits it because he is embarrassed he was " saved by a girl." This may also be why he sent her away, her presence embarrassed him. Or maybe she was constantly reminding him," remember how I saved your life, give me more..."
One thing he mentions, that is worth focusing on, is the change of the name of the father in law. Without any background on the name meanings, it is peculiar that the name would change.
The second thing is the mentioning of other god's. Of course we know of the fact that the Egyptians worshiped Ra and his pantheon, but he is not talking about those gods, he is talking about the gods of the Canaanites, who were Hebrews in the land of Abraham. Of which El, or Yahweh is one. He, Yahweh, is the god of Mount Sinai, he is the creator god, and he is synonymous with several Sumerian and Babylonian gods.
The crossing of the "red sea" in the bible has been mistranslated, it is actually the body of water known as the Gulf of Suez, directly east of this area is the mountain range that holds the peak of Mount Sinai. (Rabbi Saadie Gaon, a Jewish philosopher of the 9th century CE). This is the "wilderness" of Moses.
Abram was from Ur, where the chief deity was Sin, he moves form Ur to Haran, where, again, the chief deity is Sin, and from there he moves to Canaan. And there he brings Sin, and establishes his Dominance for the Hebrew People. William Albright writes of this link, but as a "biblical Scholar and apologist" he asserts there is no link. I believe he is wrong, and that his faith colored his view of the truth. There are too many parallels between Genesis and the Jewish creation story and the early Semitic cosmologies of the near east.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
Or, it could be that he's pointing out the inconsistencies in Exodus. We know, for example that the Jews were not held as slaves en masse in Egypt, that there is no evidence of a crossing of the Sinai, and that many events, such as the breaching of the walls of Jericho, did not occur (oops, spoiler alert for another chapter). In this chapter, the Israelis have not even been given the first of three contradictory versions of the Ten Commandments.
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SPC Chris Ison
Capt Gregory Prickett - I agree with you, that he is trying to do this. I am saying he is not doing it well. The inconsistencies that he explains, except for the name change, can all be explained or at the very least rationalized. The reason why there is contradiction is because there are at least four authors of the Torah (Pentateuch).
I do believe, to a certain point that at least in Genesis that some of the stories are rooted in fact. Over time through the process we know as the "telephone game" these stories were embellished to make god specifically but the prophets larger than life.
Genesis 2, for instance, say in the east god planted a garden. Then goes onto describe the Mesopotamian valley, only were missing 2 rivers the Gihon and the Pison. Btu what if this is a story of the out of Africa Migration and the Egyptian civilization? What if "Adam and Eve" is really a story of a High Priest of an Early God, Atum, who is displaced by a newer God, Ra. In order to save his ass this high priest bails form Egypt and moves ot the Mesopotamian valley, which is why the creation story shifts to there, that becomes the new "center of the world".
Daniel Quin says the story of Cain and able is an allegorical account of the agricultural revolution with Abel representing the hunter gatherer, or herding, cultures; And Cain, who builds the first city, the agriculturalists and the slaying of Cain is the removal of the hunter gatherers from their natural territory.
We know there was a massive flood in the southern Mesopotamian valley that destroyed several city states, circa 2900 BCE, this aligns with the Sumerian chronology.
If we view the bible in this manner we see that it is an oral history, albeit a corrupted one, and because of this we can conclude that El, Yahweh, Jehovah, and Allah are one and the same, and a completely false god based upon the fact that it rejects Sumeria, its roots, as a false religion.
I do believe, to a certain point that at least in Genesis that some of the stories are rooted in fact. Over time through the process we know as the "telephone game" these stories were embellished to make god specifically but the prophets larger than life.
Genesis 2, for instance, say in the east god planted a garden. Then goes onto describe the Mesopotamian valley, only were missing 2 rivers the Gihon and the Pison. Btu what if this is a story of the out of Africa Migration and the Egyptian civilization? What if "Adam and Eve" is really a story of a High Priest of an Early God, Atum, who is displaced by a newer God, Ra. In order to save his ass this high priest bails form Egypt and moves ot the Mesopotamian valley, which is why the creation story shifts to there, that becomes the new "center of the world".
Daniel Quin says the story of Cain and able is an allegorical account of the agricultural revolution with Abel representing the hunter gatherer, or herding, cultures; And Cain, who builds the first city, the agriculturalists and the slaying of Cain is the removal of the hunter gatherers from their natural territory.
We know there was a massive flood in the southern Mesopotamian valley that destroyed several city states, circa 2900 BCE, this aligns with the Sumerian chronology.
If we view the bible in this manner we see that it is an oral history, albeit a corrupted one, and because of this we can conclude that El, Yahweh, Jehovah, and Allah are one and the same, and a completely false god based upon the fact that it rejects Sumeria, its roots, as a false religion.
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