RT Book
T1 The book of Exodus: a biography
T2 Lives of Great Religious Books
A1 Baden, Joel S. 1977-
LA English
PP Princeton, NJ
PB Princeton University Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1685991920
AB An essential biography of one of the Bible’s most powerful and inspiring booksExodus 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. He also traces how the defining narrative of ancient Israel helped to define Mormon social identity, the American civil rights movement, and liberation theology.Though three thousand years old, the Exodus—as history, as narrative, as metaphor, as model—continues to be vitally important for us today. Here is the essential biography of this incomparable spiritual masterpiece
AB Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Before the Bible -- Chapter 2. The Exodus Story Outside the Book of Exodus -- Chapter 3. Exodus as Ritual -- Chapter 4. Sinai and the Law -- Chapter 5. Social Formation and Communal Identity -- Chapter 6. Exodus and Civil Rights -- Chapter 7.Liberation Theology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
CN BS1245.52
SN 978-0-691-18927-7
K1 RELIGION / Bible / Commentaries / Old Testament
K1 LITERARY CRITICISM / General
K1 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament
K1 RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics
K1 RELIGION / Judaism / General
K1 RELIGION / Christianity / General
K1 Israelites
K1 God
K1 Jews
K1 Book of Exodus
K1 Passover
K1 Judaism
K1 Hebrew Bible
K1 Slavery
K1 Yahweh
K1 New Israel
K1 The Exodus
K1 Book of Leviticus
K1 New Testament
K1 Haggadah
K1 Christian
K1 Passover Seder
K1 Christianity
K1 Biblical Law
K1 Egyptians
K1 Liberation Theology
K1 Book of Deuteronomy
K1 Christianity and Judaism
K1 Religion
K1 Elijah
K1 Puritans
K1 Exegesis
K1 Canaan
K1 Hebrews
K1 law of Moses
K1 Hexateuch
K1 RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
DO 10.1515/9780691189277