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TitleDelivered out of empire : Pivotal moments in the book of Exodus - Part one
AuthorBrueggemann, Walter.
Call No222.1206 BRU
CollectionNon Fiction
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International Standard Book Number 9780664265380
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 222.1206 BRU
Personal Name Brueggemann, Walter.
Title Statement Delivered out of empire : Pivotal moments in the book of Exodus - Part one
Imprint Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster/John Knox Press, 2021.
Physical Description 95p.
Series Statement - Title Pivotal moments in the Old Testament
General Note Includes Bibliographical References.
Formatted Contents Note Part 1. The cry that begins history (Exodus 2:23) -- The God with the hidden name (Exodus 3:14) -- The mandate that changes everything (Exodus 5:1) -- The terminus of empire (Exodus 8:18) -- Narrative as curriculum (Exodus 10:1-2) -- Not one hoof left behind! (Exodus 10:26) -- Life force from below (Exodus 12:32) -- Multitude without pedigree or genealogy (Exodus 12:38) -- Fear outflanked by holy resolve (Exodus 14:13-14) -- Enthroned in Jerusalem (Exodus 15:18).
Summary, Etc. The book of Exodus brims with dramatic stories familiar to most of us: the burning bush, Moses' ringing proclamation to Pharaoh to "Let my people go," the parting of the Red Sea. These signs of God s liberating agency have sustained oppressed people seeking deliverance over the ages. But Exodus is also a complex book. Reading the text firsthand, one encounters multilayered narratives: about entrenched socioeconomic systems that exploit the vulnerable, the mysterious action of the divine, and the giving of a new law meant to set the people of Israel apart. How does a contemporary reader make sense of it all? And what does Exodus have to say about our own systems of domination and economic excess? In Delivered out of Empire, Walter Brueggemann offers a guide to the first half of Exodus, drawing out pivotal moments in the text to help readers untangle it. Throughout, Brueggemann shows how Exodus consistently reveals a God in radical solidarity with the powerless
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term BIBLE.O.T. - EXODUS - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC.