A Commentary on the Book of Exodus

by U. Cassuto

Publisher:

Magnes Press

, 1997

Overview

In A Commentary on the Book of Exodus, Cassuto’s comments have a vivid quality seldom found in the exegetical writings of other biblical expositors, who all too often prefer a simplistic and lifeless approach to their subject. Cassuto succeeds in injecting a sense of dramatic excitement into his interpretations. Without neglecting the scientific data provided by archeological and philological research, he makes us conscious of the literary attributes of the Bible.

A Commentary on the Book of Exodus does not separate the annotations from the biblical text, but forms a continuous, unified commentary in which the scriptural citations are interlinked with the exposition. The elements are so closely and artistically interwoven as to form a new literary entity—not a text with notes, but a homogeneous expository work, which must rank among the finest modern contributions to the treasury of biblical learning.

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Key Features

• Analytical comments from the author
• Key to the transliteration
• Bibliographical notes and addenda
• Subject and topic indexes

Contents

Top Highlights

“A scientific exposition of any literary work should aim at elucidating and evaluating the work itself; whereas the dissection of its sources is only a means to this end.” (Page 1)

“who rules over nature and bestows upon mankind fertility” (Page 78)

“One of the principal sources—possibly the principal source—was, if I am not mistaken, an ancient heroic poem, an epos dating back to earliest times, that told at length the story of the Egyptian bondage, of the liberation and of the wandering of the children of Israel in the wilderness.” (Page 2)

“but not so the cherubim, which are imaginary beings to be found neither in the sky, or on the earth, nor in the waters” (Page 407)

“In each cycle, the first and second plagues come after Moses has warned Pharaoh; the third comes without warning.” (Page 92)

Product Details

• Title: A Commentary on the Book of Exodus
• Author: Umberto Cassuto
• Translator: Israel Abrahams
• Publisher: Magnes Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Pages: 526

About U. Cassuto

Umberto Cassuto (1883–1951) was an Italian historian, a biblical and Semitic scholar, and professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He began to make a name in the world of scholarship by virtue of a series of articles mainly on the history of Jews in Italy. In 1912, he began to publish important papers and books on Bible studies. All his works are of great significance to this day.