Moses Second Edition

In this new edition of Gerhard von Rad's classic work on the Moses traditions, the reader is provided with a more polished text, cross-references to von Rad's other works, an updated bibliography, Scripture index, and a new foreword by Walter Brueggemann. A German Lutheran pastor, University professor and a prolific Old Testament scholar, Gerhard von Rad sought a revival of Old Testament appreciation from a readership disheartened by two world wars. Hanson brings this important work to the present generation in the hopes of provoking the same reaction. Moses 4 Contents 6 Editor’s Note 8 Walter Brueggemann: Foreword 10 Introduction 16 1 Moses the Man 20 Moses’s Anger 21 Moses as the Servant of the Lord 23 Moses’s Death 26 2 The Call of Moses 30 Revealing the Divine Name 30 Manoah and the Angel of the LORD 34 Jacob at the Jabbok River 36 For His Name’s Sake 37 The Sanctity of Yahweh’s Name 39 Revealing the Mystery 41 3 The First and Second Commandments 43 The First Commandment 43 The Second Commandment 53 Creator and Creation 54 The Golden Calf 55 4 God’s Will as Made Manifest in Law 60 Deciding Cases 61 The Call to Holiness 66 The Sabbath 70 God’s Will and the Human Heart 74 The Commandments as Expressions of God’s Gracious Will 77 A New Relationship 80 5 From Promise to Fulfillment 83 From Genesis to Joshua 83 Wandering in the Wilderness 86 Spying out the Land 88 Balak and Balaam 91 Conclusion 101 Bibliography 104 Further Reading 107 A new edition of the classic exegesis of role and significance of the biblical character of Moses, by one of the key figures in 20th Century Old Testament criticism.