The Invention of religion: faith and covenant in the Book of Exodus
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE | GENERAL FOUNDATIONS -- CHAPTER ONE Theme and Structure of the Book of Exodus -- Exodus (Chapters 1â15) -- God Reveals His Name -- God Reveals His Power -- SinaiâCalling, Coven...
| Summary: | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE | GENERAL FOUNDATIONS -- CHAPTER ONE Theme and Structure of the Book of Exodus -- Exodus (Chapters 1â15) -- God Reveals His Name -- God Reveals His Power -- SinaiâCalling, Covenant, and Law (Chapters 15â24) -- The Way to Sinai -- God Reveals the Covenant -- Divine Presence (Chapters 25â40) -- God Reveals the Tabernacle -- Revelation of the Divine Being: Breach and Reconciliation -- The Tabernacle Is Built -- The Revelation Concludes: Godâs Permanent Presence -- CHAPTER TWO The Historical Background: Event and Remembrance -- Memories -- The Hyksos -- Amarna -- Ḥabiru/Ê¿apiru -- Waves of Migration, Sea Peoples -- Theocracy -- Experiences -- Miraculous Redemption from Mortal Danger -- The âSecession of the Northern Tribesâ: The First Occasion for Remembering the Exodus? -- Israel Refounded: The Principal Occasion for Remembering the Exodus -- CHAPTER THREE Textual History and the History of Meaning -- Redaction as âCultivation of Meaningâ: Textual Layering in the Bible -- From Myth to Canon and Back -- The âMosaic Distinctionsâ and the Monotheism of Loyalty -- PART TWO | THE EXODUS -- CHAPTER FOUR The Tribulations of the Israelites and the Birth of the Savior -- Bondage in Egypt -- The Birth of the Child -- Mosesâs Childhood and Upbringing -- CHAPTER FIVE God Reveals His Name: Moses at the Burning Bush -- Moses Is Called -- God Renews His Promise -- Excursus I: The Burning Bush in Schoenbergâs Opera Moses und Aron -- I Am That I Am -- CHAPTER SIX Signs and Wonders: God Reveals His Power -- The Plagues of Egypt -- The Egyptian- Hellenistic Tradition -- The Institution of the Passover Feast and the Passover Haggadah -- Excursus II: Mosesâs Song of Thanksgiving and Handelâs Oratorio Israel in Egypt PART THREE | THE COVENANT -- CHAPTER SEVEN The Calling of the People -- Holy People and Portable Fatherland -- The Torah as Memory -- The Development of the Covenant Idea: Bridal and Filial Metaphors -- CHAPTER EIGHT Treaty and Law -- The Deconstruction of Kingship: Treaty and Law as the Constitution of Godâs People -- The Ten Commandments -- The Covenant Code and the Solemnization of the Covenant -- Excursus III: âExcarnationâ and Theologization of the Law -- Excursus IV: The Decalogue and Egyptian Norms for Judging the Dead -- CHAPTER NINE Resistance: Moses and the Violent Fate of the Prophets -- Murmuring in the Desert -- The Murder of Moses? -- The Violent Fate of the Prophets -- CHAPTER TEN The Institutionalization of Divine Presence -- YHWH Comes to Dwell among His People -- The Golden Calf: The Original Sin against the Covenant -- Excursus V: The Golden Calf in Schoenbergâs Opera Moses und Aron -- A âBook of the Templeâ? -- CONCLUSION -- Narrative, Historical, and Performative Truth -- Revelation -- Out of Egypt -- Exodus as Political Myth -- Exodus and Monotheism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (413 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4008-8923-5 |
