Nahum Sarna's Exploring Exodus is a widely read scholarly study of the book of Exodus and the origins of biblical Israel, published by Schocken Books. Sarna was a recognized biblical scholar with deep expertise in ancient Near Eastern context, and the book is valued for making serious historical critical and philological scholarship on Exodus accessible to a general educated readership without sacrificing rigor. Its authority rests on Sarna's academic standing and on the book's sustained use as an accessible entry point into critical biblical scholarship on Exodus specifically. Its limit is that it is written for a broad audience rather than as a technical academic monograph with the full scholarly apparatus, so a claim requiring the finest grain of textual critical argument benefits from a more technical specialist commentary on Exodus alongside this accessible study.
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Published by Schocken Books, a respected Jewish studies press, Nahum M. Sarna was a leading biblical scholar, peer reviewed university-level scholarship. NotesScholarly study of the book of Exodus and the origins of biblical Israel.
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AuthorNahum M. Sarna
PublisherSchocken Books
Publication Year1986
Source Typebook
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Claims Backed By This Source (30 claims)
This source backs 30 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 3 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 16 claims: 10 well-attested, 3 connected, 3 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Bodies of Water, 6 claims: 1 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
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