Drawing from more than one thousand easily replicated examples, the author analyzes how biblical writers encoded messages into their texts. The Exilic Code dates portions of the Bible, establishes Ezra as an exilic person, brings to light a School-of-Daniel scripture factory, names Second Isaiah and the Suffering Servant, identifies the individual who triggered Josiah's reforms, and traces coding from the Deuteronomistic Historian in the seventh century BCE to Daniel's apocalypse in the second. The Exilic Code is an invaluable guide for students of the New Testament because it identifies the substitute-king motif that underlies the synoptic gospels and sheds light upon why Jesus called himself Son of Man.
- ISBN10 022717318X
- ISBN13 9780227173183
- Publish Date 28 January 2010 (first published 1 January 2009)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 17 February 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint James Clarke & Co Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 328
- Language English