REL 1004 Chapter : The Exodus Tradition
Document Summary
The exodus tradition: the thematic connection with patriarchal stories, the divine promise of many descendants is fulfilled by exod. 1: organization of ex: 1-15 (part i: introduction, oppression in egypt, birth and call of moses, oppression of pharaoh, renewed call of moses, part ii: the ten egyptian plagues (ch. 7-13: water to blood, frogs, gnants, flies, plague on livestock, boils, hail, locusts ix. Darkness: the passover, observations, whose will is superior, basic pattern: god commissions moses; pharaoh refuses; plagues; pharaoh relents; moses intercedes and the plague ends; pharaoh refuses, the sequence of the plagues in exod. Note tension, e. g. , between plague on livestock (9:6) and the hail plagues: psalm 78:44-51 and 105:23-38 list the egyptian plagues, but the number and order are different.
