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Exploring Exodus

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Written by Nahum M. SarnaAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Nahum M. Sarna

  • Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
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  • Publisher: Schocken
  • On Sale: April 2, 1996
  • Price: $16.95
  • ISBN: 978-0-8052-1063-7 (0-8052-1063-6)
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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.

Contents

Introduction

The Oppression

The Birth and Youth of Moses

The Commissioning of Moses

The Ten Plagues

The Passover and the Exodus

From Egypt to Sinai

The Ten Commandments; Moses and Monotheism

The Laws

The Tabernacle and the Golden Calf