{"product_id":"delivered-into-covenant-pivotal-moments-in-the-book-of-exodus-part-two-9780664267360","title":"Delivered Into Covenant: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part Two","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament Series helps readers see Scripture with new eyes, highlighting short, key texts--\"pivotal moments\"--that shift our expectations and invite us to turn toward another reality transformed by God's purposes and action.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book of Exodus brims with dramatic stories familiar to most of us: Moses' ringing proclamation to Pharaoh to \"let my people go,\" the freed Israelites astonished by manna in the wilderness, God's descending on Mount Sinai in a cloud of fire and glory to deliver the law to Moses and the people. These signs of God's liberating agency, provision, and covenant have sustained oppressed peoples over the ages. But Exodus is also a complex book, which is why we divide it into two parts. Readers of parts one and two of \u003cem\u003ePivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus \u003c\/em\u003ewill encounter multilayered narratives about the mysterious action of the divine to overturn exploitative systems, the giving of a new law meant to set the people of Israel apart, and instructions for building a tabernacle in which God will dwell in glory. How does a contemporary reader make sense of it all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDelivered into Covenant\u003c\/em\u003e, Walter Brueggemann offers a guide to the second half of Exodus--from Israel's journey through the wilderness to Mount Sinai to the establishment of the tabernacle--drawing out \"pivotal moments\" in the text. Throughout, Brueggemann shows how Exodus consistently reveals a God who is in radical solidarity with the powerless and who is dedicated to cultivating a covenant people who act to repudiate the powers of empire. Questions for reflection and discussion are included at the end of each of the fourteen chapters, making it ideal for individual or group study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrueggemann, Walter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Brueggemann\u003c\/strong\u003e is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is the author of dozens of books, including \u003cem\u003eSabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTruth and Hope: Essays for a Perilous Age\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westminster John Knox Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495363711250,"sku":"9780664267360","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e0c792e-a7ee-4e12-bac5-daa50b024c3c.jpg?v=1730683030","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/delivered-into-covenant-pivotal-moments-in-the-book-of-exodus-part-two-9780664267360","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}