The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 1997
360 pages
978-0-567-57756-6 (ISBN)
Description
Underlying Exodus in its priestly redaction is a pilgrimage. Smith's new book starts by reviewing pilgrimage shrines, feasts and practices in ancient Israel. Next, it examines the two pilgrimage journeys in Exodus. In Exodus 1-15 Moses journeys to Mount Sinai, experiences God and receives his commission. In Exodus 16-40, Moses and the people together journey to Mount Sinai for the people's experience of God and their commission. Between lies Exodus 15, the fulcrum-point of the book: vv. 1-12 look back and vv. 13-18 look forward to Israel's journey to Sinai. Finally, the different meanings of torah in the book of Exodus are contrasted, and the book concludes with a consideration of Exodus's larger place in the Pentateuch.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-57756-6 (9780567577566)
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Mark S. Smith
The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus
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06/1997
Sheffield Academic Press
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Mark Smith is Professor of Theology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Presuppositions
- 2. Law and the New Testament
- 3. Toward a Christian Theology of Biblical Law
- 4. This Study
- PART I: LITURGICAL LIFE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
- Chapter 1 PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM
- 1. Going on Pilgrimage
- 2. The Pilgrimage Feasts
- 3. Jerusalem
- Chapter 2 THE TEMPLE AND ITS SYMBOLISM
- 1. The Courtyard
- 2. The Temple Proper
- 3. The Experience of God
- Excursus: Temple and Creation in the Priestly Order of Genesis 1
- Chapter 3 PRAYER: POSTURES, GESTURES AND SACRIFICE
- 1. Postures
- 2. Gestures
- 3. Sacrifices
- Chapter 4 PILGRIMAGE AS PARADIGM FOR ISRAEL
- 1. Pilgrimage Future
- 2. Pilgrimage Present
- 3. Pilgrimage Past
- PART II: THE PRIESTLY ARRANGEMENT OF EXODUS
- Chapter 5 THE CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH ON EXODUS
- 1. Source Criticism
- 2. Redactional Theories
- 3. The Older Material in the Book of Exodus
- 4. The Priestly 'Source' and Priestly Redaction in Exodus
- 5. The Question of Deuteronomistic Redaction in Exodus
- 6. Literary Readings and Exodus
- Chapter 6 THE LITERARY ARRANGEMENT OF THE PRIESTLY REDACTION OF EXODUS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methodological Steps for Delineating the Priestly Redaction
- 3. The Literary Arrangement of the Priestly Redaction
- Chapter 7 THE PRIESTLY ARRANGEMENT OF EXODUS 1.1-14.31: SECTIONS A, B I AND B I'
- 1. Section A: Moses' Movement From Egypt to Midian (Chapters 1-2)
- 2. Section B i: Moses' First Call and Confrontation with Pharaoh (Chapters 3.1-6.1)
- 3. Section B i': Moses' Second Call and Yahweh's Confrontation with Pharaoh (Chapters 6.2-14.31)
- Chapter 8 THE POETICS OF EXODUS 15 AND ITS POSITION IN THE PRIESTLY REDACTION
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Poetics between the Two Major Parts of the Song
- 3. The Poem in the Context of the Book
- Excursus: The Unity and Date of the Poem
- Chapter 9 THE PRIESTLY ARRANGEMENT OF EXODUS 15.22-40.38: SECTIONS A', B' I AND B' I'
- 1. Section A': Israel's Movement from Egypt to Midian (Chapters 15.22-18.27)
- 2. Section B' i: Israel's First Covenant and the First Tablets (Chapters 19-31)
- 3. Section B' i': Israel's Second Covenant and the Second Tablets (Chapters 32-40)
- Excursus: The Priestly Lines and the Production of Exodus
- PART III: LAW AND EXODUS IN CONTEXT
- Chapter 10 THEOLOGY AND LAW IN EXODUS
- 1. The Theology of the Priestly Redaction Revisited
- 2. Terms for Law in Exodus
- 3. Different Concepts of Law in Exodus
- 4. The Linkage of Law and Narrative
- Chapter 11 EPILOGUE: EXODUS IN THE PENTATEUCH
- 1. Current Proposals
- 2. Geography in Exodus and Numbers
- 3. Chronology in Exodus and Numbers
- 4. Relations between Exodus and Numbers
- 5. Toward the Formation and the Form of the Pentateuch
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
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