“And You Shall Tell Your Son...”: The Concept of the Exodus in the Bible
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Overview
The Exodus, the central event in the historiography of the Bible and in the collective memory of the biblical period, represents an historical watershed; it shapes the recounting of events both before and after it. In this book, the influence of the Exodus tradition on the ideological - literary shaping of the biblical historiography is investigated, with particular attention paid to such questions as: Why were the Israelites enslaved in Egypt? Why did the Exodus traditions take on such enormous dimensions in the Bible? How is this phenomenon related to the separatism promoted as ideal in the Hebrew Scriptures?
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- Offers insightful exegetical and hermeneutical analyses on the evolution of the exodus tradition
- Investigates the influence of the Exodus tradition on the ideological – literary shaping of the biblical historiography
- Explores questions such as: Why were the Israelites enslaved in Egypt? why did the Exodus traditions take on such enormous dimensions in the Bible? And how is this phenomenon related to the separatism promoted as ideal in the Hebrew Scriptures?
- Why Were the Israelites Enslaved in Egypt? A Chapter in Inner-Biblical Interpretation
- The Many Covert Faces of the Exodus Pattern
- “There is a People That Dwells Apart...” The Ideal of Separatism
- Title: “And You Shall Tell Your Son...”: The Concept of the Exodus in the Bible
- Author: Yair Zakovitch
- Publisher: Hebrew University Magnes Press
- Print Publication Date: 1991
- Pages: 145
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9789652237804, 9652237809
- Resource ID: LLS:YSHLLTLLCXDSBBL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-25T21:59:01Z
Yair Zakovitch is the Emeritus Father Takeji Otsuki Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the laureate of the 2021 Israel Prize for Bible Studies. His main interests are the Bible as literature, biblical thought, inner-biblical interpretations, and ancient Jewish and Christian interpretation of the Bible. He is the author of numerous books and articles and has taught at many academic institutions in the United States and Europe.