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Waldemar Janzen (Mennonite Church) offers a fresh approach to the book of Exodus. The liberation from Egypt is a prelude to Israel's unique calling to model before the nations a new life of service under God. Exodus portrays how God, through his servant Moses, wages a dramatic battle with Egypt's mighty ruler for the release of enslaved Israel. After wresting Israel from Pharaoh's enslavement,...

Enslavement can break the spirit, but it does not reduce numbers, as apartheid promoters in South Africa have experienced in our century. Pharaoh’s next two measures are consequently aimed chiefly at stemming Israel’s increase. Again, the anatomy of oppression follows universal patterns. First, the king tries to devise secret policies. These still camouflage the full aim and preserve the government’s good image. Pharaoh’s instruction to the midwives is
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