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Other authors / contributors: | Bloch-Smith, Elizabeth, 1952-
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ISBN: | 9780567577566 0567577562 185075652X 9781850756521
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-335) and indexes. Print version record.
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Summary: | 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 t.
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Other form: | Print version: Smith, Mark S., 1955- Pilgrimage pattern in Exodus. Sheffield [England] : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1997 185075652X 9781850756521
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