[PDF.65fh] Exploring Exodus: The Origins of Biblical Israel

Exploring Exodus: The Origins of Biblical Israel

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 | #754060 in Books |  1996-04-02 |  1996-04-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.98 x.59 x5.19l,.63 | File type: PDF | 277 pages

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||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Near East|By mikess03|This is a commentary on the book of Exodus by the Jewish scholar, Nahum M. Sarna. Each chapter deals with large literary units rather than the typical verse by verse exegesis. His focuses mostly on historical and cultural backgrounds to the narrative's setting drawing upon a broad knowledge of the ancient Near East. In fact, this was the book's strength. Y| |"A thorough and highly sophisticated reflection on the biblical text."|--Brevard S. Childs, Yale University||"An excellent companion volume to the biblical book of Exodus itself."|--Baruch A. Levine, New York University||"Sheds a brilliant light upon one of th

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.

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