On the Mountain with God : Freedom and Community in Exodus

by Hamilton, Mark W.

• ISBN13: 9780891126386
• ISBN10: 0891126384
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Acu/Leafwood Publishing

Summary

The book of Exodus tells the story of Israel's liberation from Egyptian bondage and its formation as a nation. Though at one level an epic of origins for a nation, Exodus transcends its time and place as it bears witness to God's desire to fashion a people who can live sane and holy lives in community with each other and in harmony with God.

Author Biography

Mark W. Hamilton (Ph.D., Harvard University) serves as Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Theology and Associate Professor of Old Testament at Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas. He has co-authored God's Holy Fire: The Nature and Function of Scripture (2002), authored The Body Royal: The Social Poetics of Kingship in Ancient Israel and the Levant (2005), and served as General Editor for The Transforming Word One-Volume Commentary on the Bible (2009).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Freedom and Dignity-Therein Lies a Tale	p. 13
The God Who Keeps Promises	p. 25
The Trouble with God	p. 43
Justice in Community	p. 59
If Not Law, then Anarchy	p. 73
Worship that Sets the Heart Free	p. 91
What Dignity in Humanity Lies	p. 113
Appendix	p. 125
Select Bibliography	p. 127
Endnotes	p. 129
Questions for Further Reflection	p. 131
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