The Old Testament Library A Commentary. Exodus
Martin Noth
- 1st.
- U.S.A The Westminster 1962
- 283tr. Hardcover 23cm
Here we have the largest gap in time which is indicated by the Pentateuchal narrative in the form in which it has been transmitted. It was therefore quite appropriate for a new book to begin at just this point when, at a time unknown to us, the great literary work of the Pentateuch was first divided into five books or rather was apportioned between five separate rolls. The ending of the book is a different matter