Exodus (disambiguation)

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Exodus is the second book of the Torah and the Christian Bible. The Exodus is the departure of Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses as related in the above book.

Exodus or The Exodus may also refer to:

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[edit] In modern history

  • Operation Exodus, an Allied operation to bring back European prisoners of War to Britain in Second World War
  • Exodus (ship), the ship carrying thousands of Jewish refugees that was refused entry into Palestine
  • Jewish exodus from Arab lands, the twentieth century emigration of Jews from Arab lands
  • German exodus from Eastern Europe, the exodus of Germans to the east of Germany's and Austria's post-World War II borders
  • Istrian exodus, the exodus of Italians from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia after World War II
  • 1948 Palestinian exodus, the exodus of Palestinian Arabs during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
  • 1959 Tibetan exodus, 80.000 Tibetans crossed the Himalaya for India.[1]
  • 1967 Palestinian exodus, the exodus of Palestinian Arabs during the 1967 Six-Day War
  • Mormon pioneers, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who migrated across the United States from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in what is today the U.S. state of Utah
  • The Kansas Exodus (the Exodus of 1879), in which black Americans known as Exodusters fled the Southern United States for Kansas

[edit] In literature

  • Exodus (poem), an Anglo-Saxon poem about the Biblical departure
  • Exodus (novel), a 1958 novel by Leon Uris, based partly on the story of the above Jewish refugee ship
  • Exodus (2002 novel), a 2002 children's novel by Julie Bertagna

[edit] In film

  • Exodus (film), a 1960 film by Otto Preminger based on the novel by Leon Uris
  • Exodus Decoded, a 2006 documentary produced by Simcha Jacobovici claiming to verify the biblical story
  • Exodus (2007 film), a contemporary retelling of the Biblical story of Exodus
  • The Exodus (film), a 2007 film by Pang Ho-Cheung

[edit] In music

[edit] In entertainment

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[edit] In sociology

  • Rural exodus, the migratory patterns that normally occur in a region following the mechanisation of agriculture
  • Emigration, the action and the phenomenon of leaving one's native country to settle abroad

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