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Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 19:05:01 -0500
(...) 2. Moses never mentions EHEYEH upon his return to Egypt, in fact, EHEYEH
is never mentioned again.
(...) 4. In conclusion, Ex. 3:13-15 appears to be an enigmatic textual
sidestep.
Isaac Fried
Dear Isaac,
You are right that the name Ehyeh is never mentioned again. But what does it
prove? That it
is insignificant? In fact, you can delete the whole narrative of the call of
Moses and the story of
Exodus still runs smoothly. Nothing in Exodus after the call narrative
presupposes this narrative
necessarily. In my view, it seems natural to connect the statement ‘Ehyeh has
sent me to you)
(including the name Ehyeh), yes, even the famous verses of Exod 3:13-15 as a
whole with the
central motif of this narrative, the commissioning of Moses (and not to treat
it as a digression in it,
as is usual).
Cornelis den Hertog
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