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Echoes of Exodus : Tracing a Biblical Motif by Bryan D. Estelle is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

What is Echoes of Exodus : Tracing a Biblical Motif about?

Israel's exodus from Egypt is the Bible's enduring emblem of deliverance. It is the archetypal anvil on which the scriptural language of deliverance is shaped. More than just an epic moment, the exodus shapes the telling of Israel's and the church's gospel. From the blasting furnace of Egypt, imagery pours forth. In the Song of Moses Yahweh overcomes the Egyptian army, sending them plummeting to the bottom of the sea. But the exodus motif continues as God leads Israel through the wilderness, marches to Sinai and on the Zion. It fires the psalmist's poetry and inspires Isaiah's second-exodus rhapsodies. As it pulses through the veins of the New Testament, the Gospel writers hear exodus resonances from Jesus' birth to the gates of Jerusalem. Paul casts Christ's deliverance in exodus imagery, and the Apocalypse reverberates with exodus themes. In Echoes of Exodus , Bryan Estelle traces the motif as it weaves through the canon of Scripture. Wedding literary readings with biblical-theological insights, he helps us weigh again what we know and recognize anew what we have not seen. More than that, he introduces us to the study of quotation, allusion, and echo, providing a firm theoretica

Who reads Echoes of Exodus : Tracing a Biblical Motif?

It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.

Common subject areas: religion, theology.

Author
Bryan D. Estelle
Publisher
IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Published
2018
Language
EN
ISBN
9780830882267
Category
religious
Subjects
Religion, Christian, Fiction
Rating
4.1 / 5 (19 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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