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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,...

if known to the ancestors (lit., fathers) in certain ways and contexts, be adequate to a confrontation with Pharaoh? Durham is correct, if not literal, when he renders, What is his name? as “What can he do?” (35). One might also say, “What is his character?” [Name, Glory, Face/Presence, Hand/Arm]. As in the case of Moses’ earlier response Who am I? (3:11), it is difficult to determine whether or to what extent this request for God’s name contains opposition to the call. Is Moses subtly suggesting
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