| Exodus in the Jewish Experience: Echoes and Reverberations Contributor(s): Barmash, Pamela (Editor), Nelson, W. David (Editor), Barmash, Pamela (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 149850292X ISBN-13: 9781498502924 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $131.67 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Biblical Biography - Old Testament - Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice |
| Dewey: 222.12 |
| LCCN: 2015005822 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Exodus in the Jewish Experience: Echoes and Reverberations investigates how the Exodus has been, and continues to be, a crucial source of identity for both Jews and Judaism. It explores how the Exodus has functioned as the primary model from which Jews have created theological meaning and historical self-understanding. It probes how and why the Exodus has continued to be vital to Jews throughout the unfolding of the Jewish experience. As an interdisciplinary work, it incorporates contributions from a range of Jewish Studies scholars in order to explore the Exodus from a variety of vantage points. It addresses such topics as: the Jewish reception of the biblical text of Exodus; the progressive unfolding of the Exodus in the Jewish interpretive tradition; the religious expression of the Exodus as ritual in Judaism; and the Exodus as an ongoing lens of self-understanding for both the State of Israel and contemporary Judaism. The essays are guided by a common goal: to render comprehensible how the re-envisioning of Exodus throughout the unfolding of the Jewish experience has enabled it to function for thousands of years as the central motif for the Jewish people. |