Exodus and Exile by Karel Deurloo, David E. Orton, Collin Cor... - 9781481323307

Exodus and ExileA Concise Biblical Theology\nAuthor(s): Karel Deurloo, David E. Orton, Collin Cornell, Joep Dubbink\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Baylor University Press, United States\nImprint: Baylor University Press\nISBN-13: 9781481323307, 978-1481323307\nSynopsis\nExodus and Exile is a masterpiece of biblical theology, newly available in English. The capstone work of legendary Dutch teacher Karel Deurloo, the book makes a brief and accessible argument: that the themes of exodus and exile constitute the dual center of all Scripture. These events disclose the person of God, the One who is powerful to liberate and merciful to restore. The book begins with a focus on the Name of God. Over against prepackaged, default, and ambient knowledge of God, Deurloo restarts, theologically, from presentations of Yhwh in Hebrew Scripture. The book then provides a birds'-eye view of the Law and the Prophets, rereading these canonical units according to the major event at the heart of each, namel.