In their book Generations, in Appendix A, Strauss & Howe take a look a the story related in Exodus to show that the generational cycle had been around for a while. Moses - a literal Prophet - is protected by his mother and takes on the powers that be; Joshua enters Canaan and leads a war against the local residents to take over the land. This interpretation, though, requires looking at what happened in a different way than many people learn. Moses is not fighting to keep the Hebrew slaves alive in the face of Pharoah's cruelty, he is doing what he can to get them tossed out. Passover and the Exodus are not outward-facing Crisis events, but inward focused Awakening.
It's a different way to look at the books in the Bible, not as a people young and old scrambling to escape, but as young and old departing on a gorgeous day, ready to take on anything for the glory of God.
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