Book of Exodus: Difference between revisions

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Traditionally [[Mosaic authorship|ascribed to Moses]] himself, modern scholars see its initial composition as a product of the [[Babylonian captivity|Babylonian exile]] (6th century BCE), based on earlier written sources and oral traditions, with final revisions in the [[Yehud Medinata|Persian post-exilic period]] (5th century BCE).{{sfn|Johnstone|2003|p=72}}{{sfn|Finkelstein|Silberman|2002|p=68}} American [[biblical scholar]] [[Carol Meyers]], in her commentary on Exodus, suggests that it is arguably the most important book in the Bible, as it presents the defining features of Israel's identity—memories of a past marked by hardship and escape, a binding covenant with their [[God]], who chooses Israel, and the establishment of the life of the community and the guidelines for sustaining it.<ref>Meyers, p. xv.</ref> The consensus of modern scholars is that the [[Pentateuch]] does not give an accurate account of the origins of the Israelites, who appear instead to have formed as an entity in the central highlands of [[Canaan]] in the late second millennium BCE (around the time of the [[Late Bronze Age collapse]]) from the indigenous Canaanite culture.{{sfn|Grabbe|2017|p=36}}{{sfn|Meyers|2005|pp=6–7}}{{sfn|Moore|Kelle|2011|p=81}}

 

=== Salvation ===

 

=== Theophany ===