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This new edition of a classroom standard provides students with an accessible introduction to the literature, history, and social context of the Old Testament. Written by two seasoned Old Testament professors, the book pays attention to methodology, archaeology, history, and literary genre and includes illustrations, sidebars, maps, and study questions.

KEY POINTS • While the exodus is a key to Israel as a covenant community, its historicity is uncertain. • Moses functions as a prototype prophetic figure, lawgiver, and arbitrator between God and the people. • The giving of the Ten Commandments provides a legal foundation of the development of law in ancient Israel. The exodus-settlement period forms the second major stage in the history of ancient Israel. In this chapter we will discuss the escape
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