Myth and History of the Exodus:
Myth and History of the Exodus:
Triumph and Trauma
The biblical myth of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt is analysed as the narrative representation of the turn from poly- or cosmotheism (divine immanence) to monotheism (divine transcendence) and as the political myth of Israelite ethnogenesis (the idea of the Chosen People).
Keywords: myth, narration, revolution, revelation, law
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