Exploring Exodus : the origins of biblical Israel / Nahum M. Sarna ; new forward by the author.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Sarna, Nahum M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Bible. Exodus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Bible. Exodus.

Physical Description:

xii, 277 pages: illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Schocken Books : Distributed by Pantheon Books, [1996]

Summary:

Sarna examines the distinctiveness of the Exodus narrative in light of ancient Near Eastern history and contemporaneous cultures--Egyptian, Assyrian, Canaanite, and Babylonian. In a new Foreword to the 1996 edition, Sarna takes up the debate over whether the exodus from Egypt really happened, clarifying the arguments on both sides and drawing us back to the uniqueness and enduring significance of biblical text.

Contents:

• Introduction
• The oppression
• The birth and youth of Moses
• The commissioning of Moses
• The ten plagues
• The passover and exodus
• From Egypt to Sinai
• The Ten Commandments; Moses and monotheism
• The laws
• The taber
• golden calf

Notes:

• Originally published: Schocken Books, 1986.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index.

ISBN:

0805210636

OCLC:

34704041