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The Fortress Commentary on the Bible: Old Testament and Apocrypha presents a balanced synthesis of current scholarship, enabling readers to interpret Scripture for a complex and pluralistic world. The contributors bring a rich diversity of perspectives to the task of connecting solid historical critical analysis of the Scripture with sensitivity to theological, cultural, and interpretive issues...

Thomas B. Dozeman Exodus is the second book in the Hebrew Bible. It is one of five books that make up the Torah (“law”) or Pentateuch (Greek for “five books”). The title, Exodus, derives from the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint (LXX): “Exodus from Egypt.” Though the Septuagint title is the more common in English translations, in Jewish tradition, the title consists of the opening words of the book: “And these
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