God at War : A Study of Power in the Exodus Tradition.
Title:
God at War : A Study of Power in the Exodus Tradition.
Author:
Dozeman, Thomas B.
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9780195356236
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (239 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Divine Power in the Exodus -- Divine Power and Character in the Exodus -- Divine Power and Plot in the Exodus -- 2 Exodus and Kingship -- Yahweh's Defeat of Pharaoh and Israel's Expulsion from Egypt -- The Plague Cycle -- The Death of the Egyptian Firstborn -- The Exodus from Egypt -- Salvation by the Sea -- A Celebration of the Day of Yahweh -- The Plot Structure of the Exodus as a Night Vigil -- The Character of God in the Liturgy -- 3 Exodus and Conquest -- Salvation into the Wilderness and the Promise of Land -- The Plague Cycle -- The Death of the Egyptian Firstborn -- The Exodus from Egypt -- Salvation by the Sea -- A Celebration of Salvation History -- The Plot Structure of the Exodus as Salvation History -- The Character of God in History -- 4 Exodus and Creation -- Salvation into the Wilderness and the Quest for a New Creation -- The Priestly History -- The Plague Cycle -- The Death of the Egyptian Firstborn -- The Exodus from Egypt -- Salvation by the Sea -- A Celebration of the New Creation -- The Plot Structure of the Exodus as a Passover Legend -- The Character of God in the New Creation -- 5 The Hymns of the Exodus -- The Song of the Sea -- From Divine Kingship to Salvation History -- Mythological Patterns -- The Song of Miriam -- 6 Divine Power and Presence as Themes in the Formation of the Pentateuch -- The Relationship of Exodus and Sinai in the Formation of the Pentateuch -- Preexilic Tradition -- Deuteronomistic Tradition -- Priestly Tradition -- The Canonical Pentateuch -- The Relationship of Exodus and Sinai for a Theology of the Pentateuch -- The Central Role of the Wilderness for a Theology of the Pentateuch -- Relational Power as a Hermeneutic for the Canonical Pentateuch -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Citations -- Index of Selected Hebrew Words and Phrases -- Index of Authors -- A -- B.
C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- L -- M -- P -- S -- T -- W.
Abstract:
The destruction of the Egyptian army in the Book of Exodus is the primary story of salvation for Israel; God is the chief combatant in this story. "Yahweh is a warrior!" So goes the victory hymn in Exodus 15:3 after the annihilation of the enemy by Yahweh, marking the importance held by this show of divine power. This unleashing of divine power and its militaristic imagery has long caught the attention of scholars as starkly nationalistic. Thomas B. Dozeman furthers this study by addressing the theological problem of divine power in the Exodus story and, by extension, the Judeo-Christian attempt to deify nationalism by calling its wars holy. He interprets Exodus as liturgy, the Day of Yahweh, celebrating God's defeat of Pharaoh and the ultimate ascendancy of Israelite authority. This liturgy, though, did not remain static, but changed as the national experience of exile changed the practice of Israelite worship. An isolated event evolved into an extended account of salvation history, in which the life of faith becomes a wilderness march to the promised land. Dozeman traces how revisionary embellishments in the plot structure and characters of the Exodus story reflected the new understanding of divine power. By combining literary and historical interpretation this study offers the first serious inquiry into the idea of divine power, and makes a major contribution to resurgent research on the Pentateuch as a whole. No scholar concerned with biblical historiography and its justification of holy wars can afford to ignore this book.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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