UID:
almafu_9961448858502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (640 p.) :
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1 b-w illus.
ISBN:
0-300-25611-6
Inhalt:
A chapter-by-chapter explanation of the Book of Exodus, revealing its wisdom about nation building and people formation In this long-awaited follow-up to his 2003 book on Genesis, biblical scholar Leon Kass explores how Exodus raises and then answers the central political questions of what defines a nation and how a nation should govern itself. Considered by some the most important book in the Hebrew Bible, Exodus tells the story of the Jewish people from their enslavement in Egypt through their liberation under Moses’s leadership to their covenantal founding at Sinai and the building of the Tabernacle. In Kass’s analysis, these events begin the slow process of learning how to stop thinking like slaves and become an independent people. The Israelites ultimately found their nation on three elements: a shared narrative that instills empathy for the poor and the suffering, the uplifting rule of a moral law, and devotion to a higher common purpose. These elements, Kass argues, remain the essential principles for a liberal nation today.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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About the Text --
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Introduction --
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PART ONE Out of Egypt: Slavery and Deliverance Exodus 1–15 --
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1 Into the House of Bondage --
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2 The Birth and Youth of the Liberator --
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3 Moses Finds God and (Reluctantly) Accepts His Mission --
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4 Egyptian Overtures: Hitting Bottom --
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5 To Go Against Pharaoh: Ordering the Team --
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6 The Contest with Egypt --
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7 Exodus --
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8 “Who Is Like You Among the Gods?”: The Lord, Egypt, and Israel at the Sea of Reeds --
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PART TWO From the Mountain: Covenant and Law exodus 15–23 --
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9 The Murmurings of Necessity --
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10 “Is the Lord Among Us or Not?”: The Battle with Amalek --
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11 Jethro’s Visit: Justice and the Need for Law --
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12 Covenant from the Mountain: A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation --
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13 Principles for God’s New Nation --
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14 Ordinances for God’s New Nation: Justice and the Civil Law --
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15 Beyond Civil Law, Beyond Justice --
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PART THREE To the Tabernacle: Worship and Presence exodus 24–40 --
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16 Strange Goings-On: “Blood of the Covenant” and “Seeing God” --
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17 “Let Them Make Me a Sanctuary” --
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18 “That I May Dwell Among Them”: God’s Prime Ministers and the Tent of Meeting --
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19 Beyond Animal Sacrifice: Human Art, Divine Rest --
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20 The Covenant on Trial: The Golden Calf --
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21 The Forgiving God and the Glorious Moses --
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22 The Completion(s) of the Tabernacle --
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Epilogue --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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In English.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-300-25303-6
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Religious materials.
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Literary criticism.
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Commentaries.
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Religious materials.
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Literary criticism.
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Religious materials.
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Literary criticism.
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Commentaries.
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Religious materials.
;
Literary criticism.
DOI:
10.12987/9780300256116
