81: Out of Egypt: The Book of Exodus

"The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land."

Welcome back to another episode of Made You Think! In this episode, Neil and Nat discuss the next book on their Great Books Project: the book of Exodus. We pick up from where we left off in Genesis and dive into the many key themes of Exodus as Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt.

We cover a wide range of topics including:

• Exodus as the origin story of Judaism
• Exclusionary vs. inclusionary nations 
• Operating systems for building a successful community
• Connections between the Code of Hammurabi and Exodus
• Early human civilizations in the 2nd millenium BC

And much more. Please enjoy, and make sure to follow Nat, Neil, and Adil on Twitter and share your thoughts on the episode.

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Mentioned in the show:

• Cleopatra lived closer to the computer age (3:44)
• CrowdHealth (14:48)
• Babylonia (44:34)
• Göbekli Tepe (46:18)
• 2nd Millenium map (46:27)
• Notre Chico - Caral-Supe civilization (47:50)
• Easter Island heads (48:55)
• Angkor Wat (49:46)
• How Exodus revises the laws of Hammurabi (1:01:49)

Books Mentioned:

• Epic of Gilgamesh (0:22) (Book Episode) 
• Genesis (0:43) (Book Episode)
• The Iliad (1:03) (Nat’s Book Notes)
• The Qur'an (1:42) (Book Episode) 
• The Network State (8:55)
• The Odyssey (24:37) (Nat's Book Notes)

People Mentioned:

• Hammurabi (31:45)
• Marco Polo (50:43)

Show Topics:

(0:12) In today's episode, we're continuing the Great Book Series with Exodus. If you haven't checked out our previous episodes from our book list, make sure to go check out Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis!

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