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Exploring Exodus
Nahum M. Sarna

Exploring Exodus

Schocken (Apr 12, 1986)
9780805239829
| Hardcover
277 pages | English
$ 18.95 | Value: $ 18.95
Dewey 221.1 SAR
LC Classification BS1245.2 .S26 1986
LC Control No. 85018445

Genre

  • Non-Fiction

Subject

  • Bible
  • Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General
  • Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
  • Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament
  • Religion / Theology

Plot

Sarna examines the distinctiveness of the Exodus narrative in light of ancient Near Eastern history and contemporaneous cultures--Egyptian, Assyrian, Canaanite, and Babylonian. In a new Foreword to the 1996 edition, Sarna takes up the debate over whether the exodus from Egypt really happened, clarifying the arguments on both sides and drawing us back to the uniqueness and enduring significance of biblical text.