Exodus

by Mark S. Smith

Publisher:

Liturgical Press

, 2011

Overview

The Exodus experience is central to both Jewish and Christian traditions. Biblical scholar Mark Smith guides readers through the names and terms of Exodus, as well as its textual difficulties—showing us how this ancient text is also “today’s story, calling readers to work against oppression and to participate in a covenant relationship with one another and God.”

Product Details

• Title: Exodus
• Author: Mark S. Smith
• Series: The New Collegeville Bible Commentary
• Volume: 3
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Exodus › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780814628379, 0814628370
• Resource ID: LLS:NCBC02EX
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-30T23:39:38Z

About Mark S. Smith

Mark S. Smith is Helena Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary and Skirball Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at New York University. He has also served as visiting professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. An award-winning author, Smith has written sixteen books, including The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel; The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel’s Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts; God in Translation: Deities in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Biblical World; How Human Is God? Seven Questions about God and Humanity in the Bible; and Where the Gods Are: Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism in the Biblical World. His current research focuses on a commentary on the book of Judges, coauthored with archaeologist Elizabeth Bloch-Smith.