This book traces the theme of justice throughout the narrative of
Exodus in order to explicate how yhwh's reclamation of Israel for
service-worship reveals a distinct theological ethic of justice
grounded in yhwh's character and Israel's calling within yhwh's
creational agenda. Adopting a synchronic, text-immanent
interpretive strategy that focuses on canonical and inner-biblical
connections, Nathan Bills identifies two overlapping motifs that
illuminate the theme of justice in Exodus. First, Bills considers
the importance of Israel's creation traditions for grounding
Exodus's theology of justice. Reading Exodus against the backdrop
of creation theology and as a continuation of the plot of Genesis,
Bills shows that the ethical disposition of justice imprinted on
Israel in Exodus is an application of yhwh's creational agenda of
justice. Second, Bills identifies an educational agenda woven
throughout the text. The narrative gives heightened attention to
the way yhwh catechizes Israel in what it means to be the
particular beneficiary and creational emissary of yhwh's justice.
These interpretative lenses of creation theology and pedagogy help
to explain why Israel's salvation and shaping embody a programmatic
applicability of yhwh's justice for the wider world. This volume
will be of substantial interest to divinity students and religious
professionals interested in the themes of exodus, exile, and
return.
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