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In this new commentary on Exodus in the Eerdmans Critical Commentary, scholar Thomas B. Dozeman examines the book of Exodus under the rubric of the myriad literary genres that occur in the book. Dozeman accepts the conclusions of the “literary” of “higher criticism” movement and thus believes the book was composed over time throughout Israel's history. Yet, this does not remove theological...

who contrast themselves with Amorites (Gen 10:16; Numbers 21),83 while the cities attributed to their construction are 19th Dynasty sites. Other biblical chronologies yield different dates for the exodus, further complicating the quest for history. Genesis 15:13 states that Israel’s time in Egypt was 400 years, not 430 years. Genesis 15:16 shortens their time in Egypt even further to three generations. The biblical system of dating may simply be formed for theological purposes. The 2,666 years from
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