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Book · 1958 · Emigration and immigration

Exodus

by Leon Uris · Recommended by 8 people on 8 podcasts

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You want to learn history of the founding of the State of Israel.
Bryan Callen · The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2013 Listen at 31:50

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When I grew up as a kid, I was heavily influenced by Leon Urus's book Exodus and then the subsequent movie with I think Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint & and that of course that Exodus story portrayed the Israelis in the most favorable light and the Arabs or Palestinians in the most negative light.
John Mearsheimer The Tucker Carlson Show · Jul 2025

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Why people recommend it

Exodus by Leon Uris is a historical novel detailing the founding of the State of Israel and the events leading up to it. Bryan Callen recommended Leon Uris's book on The Joe Rogan Experience, suggesting it as a valuable resource for anyone wanting to learn the historical context behind the founding of Israel. Jordan B. Peterson cited the Exodus story on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast while discussing leadership, the temptation of power, and how the Israelites took the treasures of Egypt upon leaving. Charlie Kirk also brought up the biblical book of Exodus on The Charlie Kirk Show to illustrate lessons on human nature, history, tyranny, and the desire for liberty, comparing it with the American founding. Additionally, Joe Spector mentioned on The Tucker Carlson Show that his father was nearly sent to a labor camp for possessing an illegal copy of the book, while Catherine Connolly referenced Uris's work when describing her early background and political journey, demonstrating the profound and diverse cultural impact the story continues to hold across various discussions of history and politics today.

Every mention

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Bryan Callen you want to learn history of Ireland you want to learn history of the founding of the State of Israel which… 1
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“you want to learn history of Ireland you want to learn history of the founding of the State of Israel which I'm reading now a book called Exodus”
Charlie Kirk In the book of Exodus and Numbers, the answer is no. Is that if you fail to teach a generation the value of… 3
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“I love the book of Exodus, one of my favorite books of the Bible, incredibly wise for a variety of reasons. And I think there's so much to learn from Sinai and from human nature and tyranny, which I think a lot of what we're living through right now actually, Exodus speaks to.”
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“if you go to kind of your typical woke church they'll tell you that when in reality 55 out of 56 of the signers of the declaration of independence were bible believing church attending christians the american founding which by the way to this day is the greatest political accomplishment post what we see in exodus”
Discussed
“In the book of Exodus and Numbers, the answer is no. Is that if you fail to teach a generation the value of liberty, they actually instinctively don't want to be free.”
Jordan Peterson Well, so one of the things you see, for example, in this Exodus story is that the temptation of Moses who's… 3
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“Well, so one of the things you see, for example, in this Exodus story is that the temptation of Moses who's a leader. He's the archetypal leader. He's the person who archetypally leads his people from slavery.”
Discussed
“There's something very interesting that happens in the Exodus story. Hey, when the Israelites leave Egypt, they take the treasure of the Egyptians. They desoil the Egyptians. I've been trying to figure that out.”
Discussed
“I mean you see that for example in the book of Exodus with the insistence that there's something intrinsically wrong with the slavery of people who should be free even if they don't want to be free because the Israelites aren't necessarily that happy about being freed”
Adam Lane Smith it's the reason they they say that that's the reason that um in the book of Exodus, the Jews had to wander… 1
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“it's the reason they they say that that's the reason that um in the book of Exodus, the Jews had to wander in the desert for 40 years before they could reach the promised land was because the old generations had to die off”
Catherine Connolly I came from a background of Leonurus Exodus Ma 18 1
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“I came from a background of Leonurus Exodus Ma 18”
Joe Spector It's called Exodus by Leon Urus. 1
John Mearsheimer When I grew up as a kid, I was heavily influenced by Leon Urus's book Exodus and then the subsequent movie… 1
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“When I grew up as a kid, I was heavily influenced by Leon Urus's book Exodus and then the subsequent movie with I think Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint & and that of course that Exodus story portrayed the Israelis in the most favorable light and the Arabs or Palestinians in the most negative light.”
Tyler Cowen it's this great movement I think that you know like the spirit blowing in the wind as it were animates not… 1
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“it's this great movement I think that you know like the spirit blowing in the wind as it were animates not just the Civil Rights Movement but all kinds of other movements as well so in due course movements that may seem very um opposed to doctrinal Christianity feminism gay rights and so on um so I think that it's”
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“Now it is also believed that the ark of the covenant from the old testament is in axom. There are ruins at different churches that have good archaeological evidence to believe that they set up the tent with the dimensions that Exodus and Deuteronomy and them and them old testament scriptures have taught them to do this.”
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“If a Bible got into our hands, it was so easy to see ourselves in the children of Israel. Like it's not hard to see. If you read the book of Exodus, you like, "Well, damn, that's us."”
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“every single one of those things not even mentioned in exodus or leviticus or uh deuteronomy which it is the first 11 books of genesis answers all these questions”
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“Anyways, my favorite book of the Bible is Exodus. I don't know why, but so spiritual mobilization sells this guy's books uh like hotcakes.”
Passing
“I know Leon Urus it's not really I read all of exodus”
Passing
“and then my father introduced me to the writings of leon eures when i was 15 years old so he was a really famous jewish author who wrote a lot about the reestablishment of the state of israel he wrote books like exodus and qb7 and miller 18”
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“you know in exodus dude and he [ __ ] pulls out a gun literally stay right next to a pulls out”

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