Sivertsen The Parting of the Sea

How Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Plagues Shaped the Story of Exodus
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2995-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sivertsen, Barbara J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Vulkanologie, Seismologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Figures and Tables ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: The Exodus, Oral Tradition, and Natural History xiii

Chapter One: Dating the Exodus 1

Chapter Two: The Coming of the Hyksos 10

Chapter Three: The Minoan Eruption 23

Chapter Four: The Plagues, the Exodus, and Historical Reality 35

Chapter Five: Moses and the Mountain of God 46

Chapter Six: The Sojourn in the Wilderness 68

Chapter Seven: Meanwhile, Back in Civilization 83

Chapter Eight: The Destruction of Jericho 93

Chapter Nine: The Conquest and Settlement of Canaan 102

Chapter Ten: Back to Egypt 120

Chapter Eleven: The Formation of the Exodus Tradition 140

Appendix: Oral Transmission, Memory and Recall, and Oral History 152

Abbreviations 157

Notes 159

Glossary of Geological and Technical Terms 199

Bibliography 205

Index 229

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara J. Sivertsen has been managing editor of the Journal of Geology for over twenty-five years. She is the author of Turtles, Wolves, and Bears: A Mohawk Family History and The Three Pillars: How Family Politics Shaped the Early Church and the Gospel of Mark.