Table3.DPlaguesasJudgmentontheGodsofEgyptWhilethecorrelationbetweenplaguesandEgyptiandeitiesisincompleteandinsomecasesambiguous,thereareenoughparallelstosuggestthatonatleastsomeleveltheplaguesofYahwehwereintendedtodemonstratehissuperiorityoverEgyptiangods(seeZevit1990).PlagueEgyptianDeitytargeted1.NiletobloodKhnum--creatorofwaterandlife
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得窥天境，须看透红尘万丈；人神相通，只凭借灵犀一缕。信靠耶稣，此外路路是绝望；坚定不移，万里迢迢聚天堂。
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Table3.CDescriptionsofthePlaguesastheWorkofGod6:1ButtheLORDsaidtoMoses,"NowyoushallseewhatIwilldotoPharaoh;forwithastronghandhewillsendthemout,yea,withastronghandhewilldrivethemoutofhisland."6:6SaythereforetothepeopleofIsrael,'IamtheLORD,andIwillbringyououtfromundertheburdensoftheEgyptians,andIwilldeliveryoufromtheirbondage,andIwillredeemyouwithanoutstretchedarmandwithgreatactsofjudgment,7:3-4ButI...[阅读全文]
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C.Plagues(5-11)BecausePharaohrefusedtograntpermissiontoleave,Godsenttheplagues.Thedescriptionofdisastersisanexampleofgraphicstorytelling.TheNileturnedtoblood,makingthewaterundrinkable.Thenfrogsinvadedtheland,andaftertheydiedtherewasaninfestationofgnats,thenflies.Soonthelivestockbecamediseased,andlateranimalsandhumanssufferedfromboils.Cropsweredevastated,firstbyahailstormandthenbylocusts.Afterallth...[阅读全文]
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Table3.BFirstUseoftheDivineName"Yahweh"intheSourcesThistableliststhefirsttimethedivinenameYahwehisusedinthethreesourcesoftheTetrateuch.RememberthatLORDrepresentsYahwehintheHebrewtext.YahwistGenesis4:26ToSethalsoasonwasborn,andhecalledhisnameEnosh.AtthattimemenbegantocalluponthenameoftheLORD.ElohistExodus3:14-15GodsaidtoMoses,"IAMWHOIAM."Andhesaid,"SaythistothepeopleofIsrael,'IAMhassentmetoyou.'"15...[阅读全文]
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St.Catherine'sMonasteryislocatedatthebaseofJebelMusainthesouthernSinai.Accordingtopost-biblicaltraditionthisiswhereMosessawtheburningbushandreceivedtheLawfromthehandofGod.PhotobyBarryBandstra[阅读全文]
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TheTaleofSinuheAstoldbyAdolfErman,LifeinAncientEgypt.London:Macmillan,1894.ThetalereflectstheroyalcourtofEgyptofthe20thcenturyB.C.E.andisoneofthegemsofEgyptianliterature....theotherstoryhaslessthecharacterofaromance,--itdescribesthefateofanexileamongsttheSyrianBeduins.Thetaleissimpleandhomely,thereisnothingremarkableinthecontents,andthefamethatthebookenjoyedforcenturiesmusthavebeenduetothecharmofi...[阅读全文]
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B.TheEarlyMoses(2-4)MoseswasborntoAmramandJochebedfromthetribeofLevi(6:20).AftertheywerenolongerabletoconcealMoses,theyplacedhiminareedbasketwaterproofedwithtarandsethimafloatintheNile.ThiswasadeliberateploytowinthecompassionofPharaoh'sdaughterwhofrequentedtherivertobathe.WhenshediscoveredMosesshetookhimtocourtandraisedhimthereasavirtualgrandsonofthePharaoh.ThoughraisedasanEgyptian,apparentlyitwas...[阅读全文]
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Table3.ADistributionandUseoftheTermHebrewThemajorityofbiblicalreferencestoHebrewsareclusteredinthreeplaces:theearlychaptersofExodus,theJosephcycleand1Samuel.InvirtuallyeveryinstancethetermHebrewisusedbynon-IsraelitestorefertoIsraelites:byEgyptiansintheJosephcycleandinExodus,andbyPhilistinesin1Samuel.1JosephCycle39:14,1740:1541:1243:322Exodus(earlychapters)1:15,16,192:6,7,11,135:37:169:1,1310:331Sa...[阅读全文]
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BuildingaNewKingdomCityFromAdolfErman,LifeinAncientEgypt.London:Macmillan,1894.AnaccountofthebuildingofPharaoniccitiesduringtheNewKingdom.ItwascustomaryintheEastthatamightymonarchshouldbeginathisaccessionto"buildacity;"hegenerallychoseanoutlyingquarterofthetownoravillagenearthecapitalasthesiteofhispalace,andtransferredtoittheseatofhisgovernment.Occasionallythisnewplacewaspermanent,butasaruleitwasn...[阅读全文]
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BrickmakinginEgyptFromAdolfErman,LifeinAncientEgypt.London:Macmillan,1894.ThenaturalbuildingmaterialofEgyptistheNilemud;thissubstancecanbeeasilyfashionedintoanyshape,andwhendriedinthesunpossessesnolittlestrength,andisthemoreenduringasunderthathappyskyitisrarelyexposedtoanyrain.InEgyptlittlemudhutsarestilltobeseenincountryplaces,andthereseemsnodoubtthatasimilarbarbaric,roughstyleofbuildingwasthatmo...[阅读全文]
