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The first part of David Hinson’s three-part introduction to the Old Testament gives a fascinating account of the history of Jews and their emerging consciousness as the People of God. Topics covered include: the Patriarchs and the beginnings of history; the Exodus; the Twelve Tribes; the first Kings; the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah; and chapters on the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek...

at Sinai, except the Exodus. The whole story of what happened at Sinai depends upon the celebration of a great act of deliverance in which God had set His people free. It is also difficult to see how Moses became associated in the memory of the people of Israel with both the Exodus and the events at Sinai, unless he was associated with them in actual fact. When we try to see the connection between the events recorded in the Bible and the things which were happening in the world around at the same
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