Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 11
Prelude: Echoes of the Exodus 13
Overture
1 A Musical Reading of Scripture 21
2 The First Supper (Matthew 26) 28
First Movement Out of the House of Slaves
3 From the Bulrushes to the Bush (Exodus 1-3) 35
4 The Battle of the Gods (Exodus 4-15) 41
5 True Freedom (Exodus-Deuteronomy) 47
6 Journey's End (Joshua 1-7) 53
Second Movement The Exodus in Genesis
7 People of Rest (Genesis 6-9) 61
8 Russian Dolls (Genesis 10-15) 65
9 Just Like Us (Genesis 16-26) 70
10 Wrestling with God (Genesis 27-50) 75
Third Movement The Reechoing of Exodus
11 Wings of Refuge (Ruth) 83
12 The Capture of God (1 Samuel 1-7) 88
13 All about the House (1 Samuel 15-2 Samuel 24) 93
14 The End of the Exodus? (1 Kings 6-13) 99
15 Elijah and Elisha (1 Kings 16-2 Kings 13) 104
16 The Outstretched Arm (Isaiah-Malachi) 109
17 Purim and Purity (Ezra-Esther) 116
Fourth Movement The Great Deliverance
18 The Crescendo (Matthew-John) 125
19 The Exodus of Jesus (Matthew-John) 131
20 Sinai and Pentecost (Acts) 137
21 Paul's Gospel (Romans-Jude) 142
22 The Exodus of Everything (Revelation) 149
Coda: Living the Exodus 155
Notes 160
General Index 165
Scripture Index 173