Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Chapter 1. Before the Bible 1
6. Chapter 2. The Exodus Story Outside the Book of Exodus 31
7. Chapter 3. Exodus as Ritual 61
8. Chapter 4. Sinai and the Law 89
9. Chapter 5. Social Formation and Communal Identity 127
10. Chapter 6. Exodus and Civil Rights 157
11. Chapter 7.Liberation Theology 187
12. Notes 217
13. Selected Bibliography 229
14. Index 235