From Exodus Event and Beyond : Historical, Theological, and Interpretative Dynamics of the Exodus as an Event / George Edayadiyil Cherian.

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SUBJECT MATTER OF THE STUDY: EXODUS EVENT.........1 DIRECTION OF THE STUDY: FROM EXODUS EVENT AND BEYOND............................5 STRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY........................................5 SCOPE AND LIMIT OF THE STUDY..........................................7 THE EXODUS AS AN EVENT........ 9 EXODUS EVENT: ITS BACKGROUND AND ANTECEDENTS.........................10 Children of Israel in Egypt....................11 ISRAEL IN CANAAN.................17 THE FACT OF EXODUS EVENT................................................36 THE DATE AND LOCATION OF THE EXODUS EVENT .......45 ISRAEL IN THE LIGHT OF THE EXODUS EVENT EXODUS EVENT IN THE HEBREW BIBLE AND IN THE OT HISTORY INTRODUCTION.............. EXODUS EVENT: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.............52 EXODUS EVENT: NARRATIVE THEMES ...............................56 EXODUS EVENT AND THE HEBREW BIBLE.........................61 EXODUS EVENT AND THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL................75 EXODUS EVENT AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ..................87 EXODUS EVENT AND THE OT RELIGION ... 98 THEOLOGY OF THE OT .............................................................98 FAITH OF ISRAEL AND THE EXODUS EVENT ...................120 THE EXODUS EVENT AND THE LIFE OF OT PEOPLE....... 147 BEYOND THE EXODUS EVENT..................... 150 DYNAMICS OF THE EXODUS EVENT.......... 150 INTRODUCTION........................................................................150 EVENT, TEXT, AND THE CONTEXT......................................150 EXODUS AND REVELATION: VISION OF GOD, MAN, AND HISTORY.........................................................................................163 THEOLOGY OF PRESENCE.....................................................177 THEOLOGY OF SALVATION ..................................................179 THEOLOGY OF MEDIATION ..................................................187 THEOLOGY OF JOURNEY.......................................................192 THEOLOGY OF FULFILMENT AND HOPE ...........................196 THE NEW EXODUSES.................................. 202 INTRODUCTION........................................................................202 EXODUS PARADIGMS IN THE OT.........................................207 CHRIST EVENT AND THE EXODUS DYNAMICS................247 THE FINAL EXODUS OF HUMANITY ...................................260 THE ONGOING EXODUSES.....................................................267