Exploring Exodus: Heritage of Biblical Israel - Softcover

Sarna, Nahum M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805208305 ISBN 13: 9780805208306

Publisher: Schocken Books, 1986

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Nahum M. Sarna is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. Author of Understanding Genesis and On the Book of Psalms, he is an editor and translator of the Jewish Publication Society's translation of the Bible.

Synopsis:

Applies aspects of contemporaneous Middle Eastern cultures and languages and recent archaeological discoveries in an examination of the Book of Exodus and its originality as a text of religious imagination.

About this edition

• Publisher: Schocken Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0805208305
• ISBN 13: 9780805208306
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 289