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1) Briefly describe the Exodus event as recounted in the Jewish scriptures

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1) Briefly describe the Exodus event as recounted in the Jewish scriptures.Explain how it is ritually recalled and its religious significance for Jews in all times and places. 2) What religious and moral problems are raised by a narrative that says God commanded the slaughter of every last Canaanite so that the Israelites could take possession of the land of "Promised Land"? (Similar problems might arise from a literal interpretation of the Ten Plagues in the Exodus story - especially the "angel of death" episode) What alternative account of events in included within the Bible? 3) Define "Zionism" and comment on its relationship with Judaism