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2 - Exodus

The Journey to Sinai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2025

By
Adriane Leveen
Edited by
Keith Bodner
Keith Bodner
Affiliation:
Crandall University, Canada
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Summary

The second book of the Bible, Exodus, is the subject of this essay, covering the growth and enslavement of the Israelite nation, early career of Moses, rescue from Egypt, and covenant on Sinai.

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ExodusMosesEgyptSinailawcovenant
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The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative , pp. 37 - 56
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Selected Further Reading

Bodner, Keith. An Ark on the Nile: The Beginning of the Book of Exodus. Oxford: 2016.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Buber, Martin. Moses: The Revelation and the Covenant. N.J.: 1993.Google Scholar
Camp, Claudia. Wise, Strange and Holy. Sheffield: 2000.Google Scholar
Fokkelman, J. P. “Exodus.” Pages 56–65 in The Literary Guide to the Bible. Eds. Alter, Robert and Kermode, Frank. Cambridge: 1987.Google Scholar
Friedman, Richard Elliott. The Exodus. New York: 2017.Google Scholar
Greenberg, Moshe. Understanding Exodus. New York: 1969.Google Scholar
Leveen, Adriane. “Inside Out: Jethro, The Midianites and a Biblical Construction of the Outsider.” Pages 395–417 in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, v. 34.4 (2010).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pardes, Ilana. Countertraditions in the Bible. Cambridge:1992.Google Scholar
Rendsburg, Gary A. “Moses the Magician.” Pages 243–258 in Israel’s Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective. Eds. Levy, T. E. et al, Switzerland: 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sommer, Benjamin D. Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition. New Haven: 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Zakovitch, Yair. “And you shall tell your son…” The Concept of the Exodus in the Bible. Jerusalem: 1991.Google Scholar
Zornberg, Avivah Gottlieb. Moses: A Human Life. New Haven and London: 2016.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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  • Exodus
  • Edited by Keith Bodner, Crandall University, Canada
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative
  • Online publication: 30 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888882.003
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  • Exodus
  • Edited by Keith Bodner, Crandall University, Canada
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative
  • Online publication: 30 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888882.003
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  • Exodus
  • Edited by Keith Bodner, Crandall University, Canada
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative
  • Online publication: 30 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888882.003
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