Introduction to the Course – Study Guide, Additional Resources

Recommended Readings:

• J. S. Baden, The Composition of the Pentateuch (Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), 13–33.
• John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (2nd edition; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014), 109–142.
• Walter Brueggemann, “The Book of Exodus,” New Interpreter’s Bible (ed. L. Keck et al.; Nashville: Abingdon, 1994), 1.677-87.

Articles: (click to view)

• “Four Perspectives on Exodus” by Rachel Held Evans
• “A Post-Colonial Feminist Look at the Exodus” by Margot Stevenson
• “The Exodus: A Christian Egyptian Perspective” by The Rev. Dr. Safwat Marzouk
• “What the Heck Was Manna, Anyway?” by Lisa Bramen

Sermons: (click to view)

• “Leaving Pharaoh Behind” by Rev. Kate S. Forer

Lectures: (click to view)

• YDS Old Testament Interpretation, Part 1 – Lecture 14, by Robert Wilson

Videos: (click to view)

• YBS Exodus Study with Dr. Joel Baden, Week 1 – Full Lecture
• Starting Mid-Story, Dr. Joel Baden
• Did This Really Happen?, Dr. Joel Baden
• Three Stories – P, J & E, Dr. Joel Baden

Art: (click to view)

• “The Finding of Moses” by Nicolas Poussin
• “Moses’ Mother” by Alexey Vasilievich Tyranov
• “The gathering of the manna” by a follower of (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot