- How did Passover ritual affect Israel?
- it is a tradition to dramatically reenact the exodus
- how do we experience emancipation?
- Miraculous birth stories, besides Moses
- Jesus
- John the Baptist
- possible locations for Mt. Sinai/Mt. Horeb
- at apex of the Arabian peninsula
- in current Saudi Arabia (west of Kadesh-barnea)
- theological significance of YAHWEH
- i am that i am
- i will be that i will be
- i am who i am
- i am he who causes to be
- the name was never used by Moses and was for Moses own understanding alone
- significance of God's hardening Pharoah's heart
- free will vs determinism
- not at the individual level, but at the divine level
- contest between monotheism and polytheism
- between the God of Israel and the incarnation of the Gods of the Egyptians
- deliverance from bondage
- symbolism in modern times
- emanicipation from slavery
- emanicipation from the closet
- significant foundation stories in my life
Notes on Parallel guide
- two approaches to interpreting
- Abraham's covenant is the watershed event
- Moses' acceptance of the covenant is key (one accepted here)
- don't interpret the number of Israelites in the exodus literally
- cf. the fundamentalist/literalist reading of exodus
- feminist reading of Exodus
- role of women in shaping crucial events
- Zipporah
- Shiphrah and Puah
- Jochebed
- Miriam
- Pharaoh's daughter
- modern historian viewpoint
- we are not supposed to be concerned with details
- it doesn't have to be internally consistent
- theory
- identifier of the sign that God is with Moses is missing from the text
- or the burning bush itself is the sign
- mysterious story about the bridegroom of blood and Zipporah saving Moses' life
- the Hebrews have no sense of national identity at the time of the Exodus, making them hard to manage
- naturalist explanations of the plagues
Notes on class
Theological Reflection
- made progress on analyzing
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