Reverberations of the Exodus in Scripture

Edited by

R. Michael Fox

REVERBERATIONS OF THE EXODUS IN SCRIPTURE

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An earlier version of some portions of chapter 8 appeared in David I. Starling, Not my People: Gentiles as Exiles in Pauline Hermeneutics, BZNW (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2011) 167–94. Those portions are included here with the kind permission of the original publishers.

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Reverberations of the exodus in scripture / edited by R. Michael Fox.

xx + 210 pp. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references.

isbn 13: 978-1-62032-576-6

1. Exodus, The—Biblical teaching. I. Title

BS1199 E93 R37 2013

Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

R. Michael Fox

List of Abbreviations

1 The Meaning and Significance of the Exodus Event

Eugene H. Merrill

2 Joshua and Israel’s Exodus from the Desert Wilderness

Hélène M. Dallaire and Denise R. Morris

3 The Psalms, the Exodus, and Israel’s Worship

Daniel J. Estes

4 Ezekiel as Moses—Israel as Pharaoh: Reverberations of the Exodus Narrative in Ezekiel

Nevada Levi DeLapp

5 Promise and Failure: Second Exodus in Ezra-Nehemiah

Joshua E. Williams

6 The (New) Exodus in Luke and Acts: An Appeal for Moderation

Joshua L. Mann

7 “The Word Became Flesh and Tabernacled among Us”: A Primer for the Exodus in John’s Gospel

Thomas N. Willoughby

8 Ephesians and the Hermeneutics of the New Exodus

David I. Starling

9 περὶ τῆς ἐξόδου … ἐμνημόνευσεν, “he spoke about the exodus”: Echoes of Exodus in Hebrews

Radu Gheorghita

10 The Exodus and Biblical Theology

Robin Routledge

Contributors

Hélène M. Dallaire is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Director of Messianic Judaism programs at Denver Seminary. She authored the commentary on “Joshua” in the revised edition of the Expositor’s Bible Commentary series. Current projects include a textbook entitled Biblical Hebrew: A Living Language (Eerdmans), The Syntax of Volitives in Biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite Prose (Eisenbrauns), and a commentary on “Joshua” in the new series, Hearing the Message of Scripture (Zondervan).

Nevada L. DeLapp teaches Classical Greek at St Peter’s Classical school in Fort Worth, TX. He has also taught courses in Biblical Hebrew at Brite Divinity School. His forthcoming monograph investigates ways in which 16th and 17th century Reformed authors read and used the stories of David and Saul as they struggled with the question of armed resistance against tyrants.

Daniel J. Estes is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Cedarville ...