Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Dec. 2014
The concept of Exodus is used to refer to that emigration of a large group of people or a town, from one geographical place to another, as a consequence of some specific situation or motivation concrete.
One of the most common and common exoduses that has occurred in contemporary history is that of young people residing in the countryside and who arrived on the When they develop professionally, they decide to emigrate to the big city, where they usually offer greater and ample possibilities in this regard.
Since approximately the 19th century and coinciding with the event of the Industrial Revolution, the man decided to move with everything from the countryside to the city in order to achieve better living conditions and also develop professional and commercially.
Normally this type of exodus is known as Exodus rural.
Now, it is important that we also point out that there are many historical events that involved large population movements from one place to another, which have been called precisely exodus.
Meanwhile, there is one certainly popular, associated with the religion and that it is undoubtedly the most recognized exodus in history and with which we immediately link the concept at hand, the exodus of the Jewish people from ancient Egypt promoted by the prophet Moses and whose primary mission was to liberate the Jewish people from the oppression and yoke to which he was subjected by the Egyptian authorities and also lead them to the land promised by God: Israel.
This fact has been so relevant in the histories of the Jewish and Christian peoples that this story appears narrated in a book of the Bible, the sacred book of both religions, more precisely it is the second book of this and that has been called Exodus. From both religions they indicate how Author of this text Moses himself.
On the other hand, the aforementioned exodus has a fantastic relevance for the Jewish people because it precisely relates the origin of this people as such and its entity as nation from that moment on they are taken by Moses himself to the land of Israel that opportunely God promised Abraham.
Themes in Exodus