| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART ONE. GENERAL FOUNDATIONS -- CHAPTER ONE. Theme and Structure of the Book of Exodus -- CHAPTER TWO. The Historical Background: Event and Remembrance -- CHAPTER THREE. Textual History and the History of Meaning -- PART TWO. THE EXODUS -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Tribulations of the Israelites and the Birth of the Savior -- CHAPTER FIVE. God Reveals His Name: Moses at the Burning Bush -- CHAPTER SIX. Signs and Wonders: God Reveals His Power -- PART THREE. THE COVENANT -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Calling of the People -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Treaty and Law -- CHAPTER NINE. Resistance Moses and the Violent Fate of the Prophets -- CHAPTER TEN. The Institutionalization of Divine Presence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
| Summary |
"The Book of Exodus may be the most consequential story ever told. But its spectacular moments of heaven-sent plagues and parting seas overshadow its true significance, says Jan Assmann, a leading historian of ancient religion. The story of Moses guiding the enslaved children of Israel out of captivity to become God's chosen people is the foundation of an entirely new idea of religion, one that lives on today in many of the world's faiths. The Invention of Religion sheds new light on ancient scriptures to show how Exodus has shaped fundamental understandings of monotheistic practice and belief."-- From publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 13, 2018) |
| Subject |
Moses (Biblical leader)
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| SUBJECT |
Moses (Biblical leader) fast |
| Subject |
Exodus, The.
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Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event)
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Jews -- History -- To 1200 B.C.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
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Exodus, The
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Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event)
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Jews
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Savage, Robert (Robert Ian), translator
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| ISBN |
9781400889235 |
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1400889235 |
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