[MD] What's missing?

[Case]

[Mati]
One favorite example is Moses freeing the Israelite from Pharaoh's
rule.  Interestingly enough the word freedom cannot be found in the passages
related to this time.  Why, one might ask, because freedom is an
intellectual concept.  If one would try to go back in time certainly the
Israelites would have wanted to be free but the concept of freedom was not
in the cards, intellectual cards.  No they were delivered by God's will a
social construct of that time. 

One book for the interest of MD members is Karen Armstrong's "The Great
Transformation" in which she looks at the transformation of 5 great
societies from 2500 to about 500 B.C.

[Case]
Interesting my Strong's Concordance lists about 20 words that indicate
various aspects of Free or Freedom from without cost to release from
bondage. Perhaps you could clarify where you got this notion. Which passages
are you referring to specifically?

I have read several of Armstrong's books and recommend them as well.
Biography of Buddha might especially interest MoQers.