- Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 237 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "Exodus 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, are most dramatically expressed. Joel Baden tells the story of this influential and enduring book, tracing how its famous account of the Israelites' journey to the promised land has been adopted and adapted for millennia, often in unexpected ways. Baden draws a distinction between the Exodus story and the book itself, which is one of the most multifaceted in the Bible, containing poems, law codes, rituals, and architectural plans. He shows how Exodus brings together an array of oral and written traditions from the ancient Middle East, and how it came to be ritualized in the Passover Seder and the Eucharist. Highlighting the remarkable resilience and flexibility of Exodus, Baden sheds light on how the bestowing of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai divided Jewish and Christian thinkers, on the importance of Exodus during the Reformation and the American Revolution, and on its uses in debates for and against slavery... Though three thousand years old, the Exodus - as history, as narrative, as metaphor, as model - continues to be vitally important for us today"--
- Series Statement
- Lives of great religious books
- Uniform Title
- Book of Exodus (Online)
- Lives of great religious books.
- Alternative Title
- Book of Exodus (Online)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Before the Bible -- The Exodus story outside the book of Exodus -- Exodus as ritual -- Sinai and the law -- Social formation and communal identity -- Exodus and civil rights -- Liberation theology.
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 2018957588
- OCLC
- ssj0002242067
- Author
Baden, Joel S., 1977-
- Title
The book of Exodus [electronic resource] : a biography / Joel S. Baden.
- Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press [2019]
- Series
Lives of great religious books
Lives of great religious books.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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