The Call of Moses and the Exodus Story

A Redactional-Critical Study in Exodus 3-4 and 5-13

By (author) Jaeyoung Jeon

Book cover: The Call of Moses and the Exodus Story

Extent: 270 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe

Series volume number: 60

Language: English

Paperback (Unspecified)

(November 2013)

ISBN: 9783161527265

6.18 x 9.13 inches

Price: $112.00

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Jaeyoung Jeon examines and assesses recently suggested models for the formation of the Pentateuch through a redactional-critical analysis of the Call of Moses (Exod. 3-4) and the Exodus story (Exod. 5-13). He observes that Exod. 3-4 was formed through a series of stages of Deuteronomistic composition and redaction, to which some post-Priestly additions were made. Comparative analysis suggests that the elements of Deuteronomistic formation precede P and that the direction of influence is from the non-P narrative (Exod. 3-4) to the P call narrative (Exod. 6). Jeon also shows that although some of the literary layers in Exod. 3-4 extend through the Exodus story (Exod. 5-13), the present form of the latter has been shaped by a post-Deuteronomistic but pre-Priestly composition based on an earlier proto-Exodus story. He therefore concludes that the Pentateuch or Hexateuch might be the product of a more complicated process of development than the current models describe.

  • By (author) Jaeyoung Jeon

"...the book [offers] a wealth of interesting observations that I hope will be developed in more detail in future studies." --Danny Mathews, Pepperdine University, Review of Biblical Literature, 7.21.16