How to read Exodus
By: Tremper Longman III
Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780830838585
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Reading Exodus with a strategy. Understanding the book of departure; title: Part 2: Reading Exodus as literature. The shape of the book of Exodus ; The narrative structure of Exodus: presence, covenant, and servitude; title: Part 3: Reading Exodus as history in its historical context. Birth legends, Hammurabi, and portable shrines: the ancient near eastern background of Exodus ; Evidence for the Exodus event ; Does it matter whether the sea parted?; title: Part 4: Reading Exodus as God's story. God rescues Abraham's descendants from Egyptian bondage (Exodus 1:18) ; God gives Israel his law (Exodus 19:24) ; God instructs Israel to build the tabernacle (Exodus 25:40); title: Part 5: Reading Exodus as a Christian. The Christian experience of Exodus ; The role of law in the Christian life ; The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us.