REL 1004 Lecture : The Exodus Tradition Lecture
Document Summary
Exodus 1--------------15: the thematic connection with patriarchal stories, see gen 28:13-14, exodus 1:5-7, 3:8, 6:4, the divine promise of many descendants is fulfilled by exodus 1. It depicts a struggle between yahweh and pharaoh: part 1 sets the stage for the struggle that follows in part 2. It narrates resolution of the oppression of israelites in. Part 1 introduces and resolves the arrogances and stubbornness of the pharaoh. Part 1 introduces the human agent of divine deliverance (moses): the 10 egyptian plagues, water to blood, frogs, gnats, flies, plague on livestock, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, the passover, observations, remember that the plagues narrate the conflict between. Yahweh and pharaoh: we see the same basic pattern in each of these plagues, god commissions moses to go to pharaoh and say. Pharaoh changes his mind and refuses: different number of plagues in the book of exodus and the book of psalms.
