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Commentaries--Exodus. Childs, OTL (1974) Hyatt, NCB (1971) Fretheim, Interpretation (1991) Brueggemann, New Interpreter’s Bible (1994) Durham, Word (1987). 4QExod a. Qumran text from ca 100 BCE LXX 3rd c BCE Masoretic Text 100 CE Position of “And Joseph was in Egypt.”
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Commentaries--Exodus • Childs, OTL (1974) • Hyatt, NCB (1971) • Fretheim, Interpretation (1991) • Brueggemann, New Interpreter’s Bible (1994) • Durham, Word (1987)
4QExod a • Qumran text from ca 100 BCE • LXX 3rd c BCE • Masoretic Text 100 CE • Position of “And Joseph was in Egypt.” • 70 vs 75 (Ephraim, Soutalaam-Edem, Taam; Manasseh, Machir-Galaad)
Outline of Book • 1:1-19:2 Deliverance from Egypt; arrival at Sinai [Israel stays until Num 10:10!] • 19-24; 32-34 Covenant--its breach and renewal • 25-31; 35-40 Tabernacle
Exodus and…Creation! • All the earth is mine • my name shall be declared throughout the earth 9:16 • God works also through non-human agents • the tabernacle as microcosm of creation
The Call of Moses in JE (in Midian) • Who is this God? • Who am I? • People will not believe • I have never been eloquent • Send someone else!
The Reassurances of Yahweh • Revelation of “Yahweh” • I will be with you • Three signs: rod-snake; leprous hand; water-blood • I will be with your mouth • Aaron selected
Meaning of the Name Yahweh • “I am who I am” • “He causes to be” = “he creates”: “El who creates the heavenly armies”? (El du Yahwi seba’ot; Yahweh for short) • In the event of the Exodus we learned God’s name • Yahweh--LORD--Jehovah--Pipi!
Exod 4:24-26 • Yahweh sought to kill him! • Role of Moses • Role of Zipporah • You are a “bridegroom of blood” • Jubilees: Prince Mastema sought to kill him!
The Call of Moses in P (in Egypt) • God--El Shadday--Yahweh • I will remember my covenant (cf. 2:24) • I will redeem you • the land of Canaan in which they were sojourning • Ties to Genesis 17!
Exod 6/Gen 17 • Yahweh/El Shadday • They were fruitful and multiplied (1:7)/I will make you fruitful…. • I established my covenant/I will establish…. • “I will be God--in the Exodus”/”I will be God--in land promise” • Canaan-land of sojourning
Genealogy of Aaron! • Purpose of this genealogy--tension with context, namely, call of Moses • Aaron-Eleazar-Phinehas = high priests • Ithamar ancestor of Levites • Number of names are Egyptian: Moses, Aaron, Putiel, Phinehas