The Book of Exodus : : A Biography / / Joel S. Baden.

An essential biography of one of the Bible's most powerful and inspiring booksExodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible, but it may rank first in lasting cultural importance. It is here that the classic biblical themes of oppression and redemption, of human enslavement and divine salvation,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Lives of Great Religious Books ; 30
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Before the Bible
  • Chapter 2. The Exodus Story Outside the Book of Exodus
  • Chapter 3. Exodus as Ritual
  • Chapter 4. Sinai and the Law
  • Chapter 5. Social Formation and Communal Identity
  • Chapter 6. Exodus and Civil Rights
  • Chapter 7.Liberation Theology
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index