on portraying God as the Creator of the universe. We should make special note that Moses began his history of God’s promises with an account of the creation of the universe and the beginning of world history. For Moses, the God of the Sinai covenant was the Creator of the universe and Lord of history. When first chosen by God to be the deliverer of his people, Moses had asked, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is
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