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This volume continues from Graham I. Davies commentary on Exodus
1-10 and takes the reader up to the end of Exodus chapter 18,
covering the release of the Israelites from Egypt and the crossing
of the Red Sea. Davies brings together all the relevant aids to
exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical,
literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the texts
at hand. In addition to the parting of the waters and the defeat of
Pharaoh's army the chapters commented upon also include the
so-called 'Song of the Sea' in Exodus 15, a complex hymn that
Davies studies in depth, and the provision of manna in the desert.
The textual issues are varied and Davies navigates them deftly,
providing close commentary and profound insights into these
well-known texts. Two results of Davies's research are to place the
old hypothesis of an Elohistic source on a much stronger footing
and to reaffirm that both it and the J source extended through both
Genesis and Exodus.
Graham I. Davies provides his long-awaited commentary on the first
ten chapters of the second book of the Torah in this in-depth
engagement with Exodus chapters 1-10. Davies brings together all
the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, philological,
archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the
reader understand the text at hand. The first ten chapters of
Exodus cover the affliction in Egypt and the finding of Moses as
well as the plagues of Egypt and Moses' interactions with Pharaoh.
Davies plumbs the depths of these well-known texts, bringing out
many profound insights into their structure and meaning, and into
the history of scholarship. Two results of Davies's research are to
place the old hypothesis of an Elohistic source on a much stronger
footing and to reaffirm that both it and the J source extended
through both Genesis and Exodus.
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