15th-Century BC Rulers: 15th-Century BC Biblical Rulers, 15th-Century BC Female Rulers, Pharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Moses

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: 15th-century BC biblical rulers, 15th-century BC female rulers, Pharaohs of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, Moses, Tutankhamun, Akhenaten, Hatshepsut, Joshua, Ahmose I, Thutmose III, Amenhotep III, Smenkhkare, Horemheb, Ay, Neferneferuaten, Thutmose IV, List of state leaders in the 15th century BC. Excerpt: Moses (Hebrew:, Modern Moshe Tiberian M eh ISO 259-3 Mo e; Greek: M us s; Arabic: ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbenu in Hebrew (, Lit. Moses our Teacher/Rabbi), he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and is also considered an important prophet in Christianity and Islam, as well as a number of other faiths. The existence of Moses as well as the veracity of the Exodus story is disputed amongst archaeologists and Egyptologists, with experts in the field of biblical criticism citing logical inconsistencies, new archaeological evidence, historical evidence, and related origin myths in Canaanite culture. Other historians maintain that the biographical details, and Egyptian background, attributed to Moses imply the existence of a historical political and religious leader who was involved in the consolidation of the Hebrew tribes in Canaan towards the end of the Bronze Age. According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Children of Israel, were increasing in number and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might help Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, hides him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed, and the child is adopted as a foundling by the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slave-master, Moses flees across the Red Sea to Midian where he has his encounter with the God of I...