exodus

Exodus

Covenant 19-24

• Material in this section looks like other ancient Suzerain-vassal treaties (Hittite, Assyrian)
• Legal material of two types - Apodictic & Casuistic
• Casuistic law is common in the Ancient Near East; Apodictic law is not

Deliverance 1-18

Presence 25-40

Exodus as paradigm

• Return from Exile
• Matthew's Jesus
• American Civil Rigths Movement

Not without it's probelms

• Means of liberation
• Connection to conquest

Overarching Themes

• Presence, Bondage/Servitude

• A tabernacle built under YHWH's intiative
• YHWH provides materials & craftsmen
• 25-31 instructions; 35-40 observance of the instructions
• 32-34 - Golden Calf incident - Will YHWH's presence continue among the people?
• Sacredness of space - the closer one moves into the tabernacle the more sacred the space

• YHWH strangely absent at start of book
• YHWH identifies himself in CH3
• That people will know YHWH is a major point of the conflict (6.7, 7.5, 7.17, 8.22, 10.2, 14.4, 14.18, 16.12)
• Conflict between YHWH and gods of Egypt (Hapi-Nile; Amon/Re-Darkness; others not clear)
• Plagues in 3 sets of 3 with the 10th plague as climactic
• What exactly happens at the Reed Sea? (CH 14 and CH 15)
• Will the deliverance continue? (CH 16 & CH 17)