Exodus
Special Studies
Law and Covenant

Childs, B. H. (1974). The Book of Exodus. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster.

A commentary on the text of Exodus, with detailed notes and bibliography.

Sarna, N. (1986). Exploring Exodus. The Heritage of Biblical Israel. New York: Schocken Books.

A narrative exposition of the book of Exodus.

Sarna, N. M. (1991). Exodus/Shemot: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society

Assmann, J. (1997). Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism. Cambridge: Harvard University.

Links Moses's monotheism to the monotheistic revolution of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (1360-1340 B.C.E.), though Moses's followers denied any such connection.

Dozeman, T. B. (1996). God at War: A Study of Power in the Exodus Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University.

Explores the militaristic image of God as warrior in the book of Exodus, and discusses attempts by Jews and Christians to "deify nationalism" by calling wars holy.

Frerichs, E. S. and L. H. Lesko (1997). Exodus: The Egyptian Evidence. Winona Lake, IN, and Washington, DC: Eisenbrauns/Biblical Archaeology Society.

Harrelson, W. (1980). The Ten Commandments and Human Rights. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Philadelphia: Fortress.

The core of the book is an exposition of the Decalogue; views the Ten Commandments as a charter of human freedom.

Hoffmeier, J. (1997). Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition.Oxford: Oxford University.

Argues that the Egyptian archaeological and historical evidence supports the biblical record concerning Israel in Egypt; includes a defense of the Joseph story, the role of Moses in history, and the probable route of the exodus.

Koester, C. (1989). The Dwelling of God: The Tabernacle in the Old Testament, Intertestamental Jewish Literature, and the New Testament. Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association of America.

Nohrnberg, James (1995). Like Unto Moses: The Constituting of an Interruption. Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University.

Redford, D. (1992). Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times. Princeton: Princeton University.

Uses textual and archaeological evidence to explain the relationship between Egypt and Israel from early history to the destruction of Jerusalem.

Smith, M. S. (1997). The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 239. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic.

Exodus has two parts, with Exodus 15 as its fulcrum-point. Also discussed are temple symbolism, 'torah' and Exodus's place in the Pentateuch.

Nof, D., and N. Paldor. (1992). "Are There Oceanographic Explanations for the Israelites' Crossing of the Red Sea?" Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 73/3: 305-14.

Exodus