Exodus—God’s Dealing with His Nation (1)

The Torah designates this second book of the Pentateuch as Shamoth, "names," taken from the opening word of the book itself. The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, changed the name to Exodos, which in turn was taken over by the Latin Vulgate as Exodus, meaning "going out." Authorship Details of the author of the first five books of the Bible have been presented in former articles and need not be repeated here. A few additional observations as they apply to the book of...