Echoes of Exodus: Tracing a Biblical Motif

Description

Israel’s exodus from Egypt is the archetypal anvil on which Scripture shapes the language of deliverance. More than an epic moment, the exodus is the master image that shapes the telling of Israel’s and the church’s gospel.
From the blasting furnace of Egypt, God leads Israel through the wilderness to Sinai and on to Zion. It is the story that illuminates the psalmist’s poetry and inspires Isaiah’s second-exodus rhapsodies. Exodus resonances pulse through the New Testament, from Jesus’ birth to his death, from the letters of Paul to the Apocalypse of John.
In
Echoes of Exodus
, Bryan Estelle traces the motif through the canon of Scripture. Wedding literary readings with biblical-theological insights, he helps us weigh again what we know and recognize anew what we have not seen. More than that, he introduces us to the study of quotation, allusion, and echo, providing a firm theoretical basis for hermeneutical practice and understanding.
Echoes of Exodus
is a guide for students and biblical theologians, and a resource for preachers and teachers of the Word.