Eisodus as Exodus: The Song of the Sea (Exod 15) Reconsidered

This study continues a line of inquiry from the author’s previous essay regarding the 12th century BCE battle traditions embedded in the Song of Deborah (Judg 5) as the basis for a nascent Exodus ideology surfacing in the Song of the Sea (Exod 15). Exod 15 is identified as developing an agrarian ide...

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Published in:Biblica
Main Author: Leuchter, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2011
In: Biblica
Further subjects:B Exodus 15
B Song of the Sea
B Exodus Ideology
B Song of Deborah
B Judges 5
B National Identity
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Summary:This study continues a line of inquiry from the author’s previous essay regarding the 12th century BCE battle traditions embedded in the Song of Deborah (Judg 5) as the basis for a nascent Exodus ideology surfacing in the Song of the Sea (Exod 15). Exod 15 is identified as developing an agrarian ideal into a basis for national identity: Israel’s successful struggles against competing Canaanite military forces echoing earlier Egyptian imperial hegemony is liturgized into a myth where YHWH defeats the Egyptian foe and then settles his own sacred agrarian estate.
ISSN:2385-2062
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblica