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The introduction to this book recognizes Exodus as a Christian book, although it respects its pre-Christian roots in the Hebrew Bible. The commentary then moves in a straightforward manner to review issues of faith and history, the critical and theological tasks of a commentary, and other leading theological concerns. Terence Fretheim gives special treatment to the significance of the hardening...

a major effort to subvert what God has done. Seeming resolution dissolves into dissonance. A sign of blessing for Israel is a sign of disaster for Pharaoh. The new king of Egypt counters God’s life-giving work with death-dealing efforts. A life-supporting situation becomes life-threatening. This is no minor subversion, having only local effects; it is a threat to undo God’s creation. To bring death to God’s microcosmic work will have negative macrocosmic ramifications. It is the Fall and its aftermath
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