Exodus 1:8 - 2:10
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries. Chapter 2.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. (Chapter 2)
- Shemot 1: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
- Shemot 2: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
- IV.XXX.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- I.23, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.20, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 208)
- Chapter XVI, On Monogamy, Tertullian (c. 215)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. Chapter 2.
- From the Geneva Notes.
(Chapter 2)
- "The more God blesses his own, the more the wicked envy them."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
(Chapter 2)
- "Observe the order of Providence: just at the time when Pharaoh's cruelty rose to its height by ordering the Hebrew children to be drowned, the deliverer was born. When men are contriving the ruin of the church, God is preparing for its salvation."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
(Chapter
2)
- "If we work for men only, our works at farthest will die with us; if for God, they will follow us."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
(Chapter 2)
- "Though it must have been nearly as severe a trial for Jochebed to part with him the second time as the first, she was doubtless reconciled to it by her belief in his high destination as the future deliverer of Israel."
- Contemporary References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Commentary, Karla Suomala, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
- "Opening lines in Hebrew narratives are loaded with meaning, but they can be easy to overlook."
- "Stay Tuned! God Is Faithful," Robert Warren, Christ Church Clermont-Ferrand, 2017.
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2017.
- Commentary, Cameron B.R. Howard, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- "The book of Exodus and the Gospel reading alike show that even if questions of identity can be boiled down to pithy answers, the phrase 'who we are and whose we are' is understood most fully when accompanied by the careful interpretation of the rich stories that have shaped our understanding of ourselves and our God."
- "Pharaoh Goees Bonkers, or the Stupidity of a Tyrant," John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2014.
- "It is always far easier to play the tyrant than it is to be God's people."
- "Rocks, Arks, Baskets and Water," Lynn Miller, Art & Faith Matters, celebrating our creative and living God by generating art and architecture resources for congregations and individuals. Art and Faith Matters facebook page contains additional resources.
- Midwives Call, Exodus 1b, video, David JM Coleman.
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2014.
- "Snatching victory from the jaws of unlikelihood," Steve Godfrey, Church in the World, 2014.
- "How does reflecting on God's ability to draw victory from unlikelihood reframe your circumstances?"
- "Faith in the Past, Present, and Future," Rev. Dr. Eric D. Barreto, ON Scripture, 2011. Commentary and association with current news events, links and videos.
- "Pharaoh's daughter recognizes Moses as one of the Hebrew children and, instead of abiding by her father's clear orders, assures his well-being and eventually adopts him as her own son. Again, the courage and compassion of a woman exceeds the cruelty of political power and shortsighted fear."
- Commentary, Exodus 1:8-2:10, Amy Merrill Willis, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "The story highlights the cleverness and understated bravado of the women agents who defy Pharaoh."
- "Fear versus compassion," Fr. Rick Morley, a garden path, 2011.
- "Likewise, may we draw compassion out of the waters, that all God’s children may live."
- "The Butterfly Effect," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2011.
- "It's a courageous act of civil disobedience that changes history, for one of the boys that is spared will be called Moses and he will lead the Israelites out of Egyptian captivity."
-
Commentary, Exodus 1:8-2:10, Dennis Olson, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "This ancient text from Exodus echoes powerfully in our congregations, nation and world: issues of race and politics, religion and politics, gender and power, the war on terror, debates over immigration policy, the inequities of our global economy, congregational mission and hospitality to the stranger, and all manner of suffering and bondage that threaten the individuals and families with whom we minister."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Exodus 1:8 - 2:10, Pentecost 15, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
-
The Old Testament Readings:
Exodus 1:8-2:10. Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary,Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "In preaching on this text, one might examine where in present-day settings of oppression are God?s people called to small acts of faithful subversion. Interestingly, both those within the oppressed community, the midwives, and those in power, e.g. Pharaoh?s daughter, are exemplars of this at-times humorous undermining of the ways of power and death in favour of life and freedom."
-
Lectionary Commentary, Exodus 1:15-21; 2:1-10, Stacey M.
Floyd-Thomas, The African American Lectionary, 2009.
- "The initial act of liberating motherhood began with the refusal of the midwives Shiprah and Puah to carry out Pharaoh?s unjust order to murder Israelite boys (1:15-19)."
-
Desert Scribblings, Exodus 1:8-2:10, Geoff McElroy, 2008.
- "The Hebrew midwives are great examples of faithful loyalty to their true kingdom, God?s kingdom, the kingdom and reign to which all kingdoms and reigns should be upheld."
-
"Leaving Idols, Mothering Moses," Rabbi Michael Graetz, The Shalom
Center.
- "Why does she come down to the Nile to bathe? One Midrash turns this whole story into a struggle for self definition, that is, the story of the daughter of Pharaoh is a microcosm of the story of Israel."
- Parshah Shemot, text, commentary, stories, sermons & articles from Chassidic Masters and others, from Chabad Lubavitch.
- Parshas Shemos, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Exodus 1:1 - 6:1.
- Parshat Schmot, articles and commentary by the Jewish Community of Atlanta, at The Torah From Dixie.
- "Birth Bricks, Potter's
Wheels, and Exodus 1:16," Kevin McGeough, Biblica, 2006.
- "It is argued here that the Hebrew word ?obnayim, which appears in Exodus 1,16 and Jeremiah 18,3 refers to either birthing equipment or equipment used in ceramic production."
- Bulrushes, various plants & descriptions, Wikipedia.
- Mysteries of the
Nile website from PBS's Nova special. Features historical & archaeological
information, panoramic virtual reality photos, and more.
- "Explore the Pyramids, temples, and other monumental architecture of ancient Egypt through riveting 360° photos shot during this NOVA/PBS Online Adventure."
- Commentary, Karla Suomala, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2017.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Brenner, Athalya, "Female Social
Behaviour: Two Descriptive Patterns within the 'Birth of the Hero'
Paradigm," Vetus Testamentum, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Burch, Greg W., "Children of the liberation: reflections on ministry with children at risk," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2013.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Childs, Brevard S., "The Birth of
Moses," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1965.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Eslinger, Lyle, "Freedom or
Knowledge? Perspective and Purpose in the Exodus Narrative," Journal
for the Study of the Old Testament, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Exum, J. Cheryl, "'You Shall Let
Every Daughter Live': A Study of Exodus 1:8-2:10," Semeia, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Feldman, Louis H., "Philo's View of
Moses' Birth and Upbringing," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Foskett, Mary F.,
"Biblical Images of Adoption and Asian Adoptees in America," Semeia,
2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Goldberg, Michael, "Exodus 1:13-14, Expository
Article," Interpretation, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Greenberg, Blu, "Marriage in the Jewish Tradition,"
Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jarvis, Cynthia A., "Midwife's Tale,"
The Christian Century, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Morschauser, Scott,
"Potters' Wheels and Pregnancies: A Note on Exodus 1:16," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Redford, Donald B., "The Literary Motif of the
Exposed Child," Numen, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Weems, Renita J., "The Hebrew Women Are Not Like the
Egyptian Women: The Ideology of Race, Gender and Sexual Reproduction in
Exodus 1," Semeia, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wicke, Donald W., "The Literary Structure of Exodus
1:2-2:10," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1982.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Brenner, Athalya, "Female Social
Behaviour: Two Descriptive Patterns within the 'Birth of the Hero'
Paradigm," Vetus Testamentum, 1986.
- Sermons:
- "The Girls in the Reeds," Anna Carter Florence, Day1, 2016.
- "Saving Moses," Barry J. Robinson, Keeping the Faith in Babylon, at Richard J. Fairchild's Sermons and Sermon Lectionary Resources.
- "An Invitation to Find Ourselves," the Rev. Dr. William L. Dols, Day 1, 2002.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 16, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2011.
- "Baby Moses in the Bullrushes," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Choices," Talks to Children, Rev. Donald McCorkindale, Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland.
- "The Slavery of the Israelites," "Moses Is Born," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- "Moses: Lost and Found," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "Crossword on Moses in Exodus," Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- Drama:
- "Miriam in the Bullrushes," Peter & Mary Minson, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art: Jews Forced into Slavery, Pharaoh's Daughter Finds Moses, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Moses, Leader of God's People PowerPoint Slide Masters. Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com.
- Basket in Bullrushes, Clip Art, Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- “Long Ago, When Pharaoh's Daughter” an original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, 2009, celebrates adoption, including Pharaoh’s daughter and Moses. Tune: NETTLETON 8.7.8.7 D (“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”).
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Exodus
