Exodus and Deuteronomy Book

Texts @ Contexts Series Preface vii

Abbreviations xiii

Contributors xv

Introduction Athalya Brenner xix

Part 1 Between Egypt and Canaan: To's and Fro's

1 How Liberating Is the Exodus and for Whom? Deconstructing Exodus Motifs in Scripture, Literature, and Life Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan 3

2 Territory and Identity: The Beginnings and Beyond Athalya Brenner 29

3 "God's Perfectly Effected Purpose, or His Purposely Effected Neglect": Exodus and Wilderness in Australia Roland Boer 39

4 Pharaoh as a Character in Exodus 1-2: An Egyptian Perspective Magdi S. Gendi 55

5 A Mixed Multitude: An African Reading of Exodus 12:38 David Tuesday Adamo 67

6 In Search of Children's Agency: Reading Exodus from Sweden Mikael Larsson 79

7 Longing for Egypt: Dissecting the Heart Enticed Diana Lipton 95

8 The Relevance of the Jewish Passover for Christianity in Africa: An Interpretation from a Community-Centered Perspective Solomon Olusola Ademiluka 111

9 Before Crossing the Jordan: The Telling and Retelling of the Exodus Narrative in African American History Matthew J. M. Coomber 123

Part 2 Leadership: Moses and Miriam

10 The Birth, Early Life, and Commission of Moses: A Raiding from Post-Handover Hong Kong Sonia Kwok Wong 139

11 Miriam and Me Naomi Graetz 157

12 Imaging Moses and Miriam Re-Imaged: Through the Empathic Looking Glass of a Singaporean Peranakan Woman Angeline M. G. Song 169

13 What Would Moses Do? On Applying the Test of a False Prophet to the Current Climate Crisis Joseph Ryan Kelly 183

Part 3 Law

14 The Decalogue-Am I an Addressee? Athalya Brenner 197

15 An Abominable and Perverted Alliance? Toward a Latin-American Queer Communitarian Reading of Deuteronomy Fernando Candido da Silva 205

16 Terms of Endearment? The Desirable Female Captive (&cgpD;&cgpI;&cgpG; &cgpG;&cgpBcdot;&cgpL; &cgpG;&cgpP;&cgpI;) and Her Illicit Acquisition Sandra Jacobs 237

17 Precious Memories: Rule of Law in Deuteronomy as Catalyst for Domestic Violence Cheryl Kirk-Duggan 258

18 Debt and Interest in the Hebrew Bible: The Silently Indebted in Ancient Israel and Their Finnish Companions Today Kari Latvus 289

19 Slavery and "Beyond Slavery": Then Is Still Now Mende Nazer Bernadette J. Brooten 305

Bibliography 318

Author Index 343

Scripture Index 347

Ancient Non-Biblical Sources Index 351