The Uses of ‘New Exodus’ in New Testament Scholarship: Preparing a Way through the Wilderness
Nineteenth-century Isaiah scholarship appears to be responsible for popularizing the term ‘new exodus’, a phrase that underscores how Isaiah’s prophecies of a return from exile link this new saving act of God with the Israelite exodus from Egypt. In the twentieth century, New Testament scholars adop...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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| In: |
Currents in biblical research
Year: 2016, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 207-243 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Isaiah
/ Exile
/ Exodus tradition
/ Israel (Theology)
/ Moses
/ Jesus Christus
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Exodus, The
B Jesus B Wilderness B LEARNING & scholarship B Exile B Israel B Typology B new exodus B Isaiah B Moses B Prophecy |
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| Summary: | Nineteenth-century Isaiah scholarship appears to be responsible for popularizing the term ‘new exodus’, a phrase that underscores how Isaiah’s prophecies of a return from exile link this new saving act of God with the Israelite exodus from Egypt. In the twentieth century, New Testament scholars adopted the term, and in recent years, ‘new exodus’ has been applied to a wide array of biblical and extra-biblical texts. The burgeoning popularity of the phrase ‘new exodus’ has not been matched with equal interest in reflecting on its diverse applications to a variety of ancient texts. This free-wheeling usage has diluted the value of the phrase, and a descriptive term runs the risk of becoming a simple buzzword. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5200 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1476993X14549915 |