Efnisyfirlit

• Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. Matters Historical: clearing the ground
• I. The biblical chronology
• II. Ancient Near Eastern sources
• III. Evidence for the relations between Semites and Egypt in the second millennium BC
• IV. Some historical reconstructions
• V. Other problems encountered by the historical approach
• VI. How far should the Book of Exodus be regarded as a historical work?
• VII. The figure of Moses as illustration of the issues
• 2. Matters Institutional: the religious core
• I. Passover
• II. Unleavened Bread
• III. Firstlings
• IV. Theophany
• V. Covenant
• VI. Law
• 3. Matters Literary: the creative synthesis
• I. S.R. Driver and ‘literary criticism’
• II. Martin Noth and ‘the history of tradition’
• III. Brevard S. Childs and ‘canonical criticism’
• IV. Redaction criticism
• V. The literary approach
• VI. The Decalogue as illustration of the issues
• 4. Matters Theological: the pervasive intention
• I. The revelation of the divine name ‘Yahweh’
• II. The theology of the D-version
• III. The theology of the P-edition
• Index of Biblical References
• Index of Authors
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• R
• S
• T
• V
• W
• Z