NEW COLLEGEVILLE BIBLE COMMENTARY: EXODUS - 9780814628379

New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Exodus (Volume 3) by Mark S. Smith is a 144-page commentary on the Book of Exodus. It guides readers through the story of Moses and Aaron, the burning bush, the plagues, Passover, the crossing of the sea, manna in the wilderness, the Ten Commandments, and the Ark of the Covenant. Smith works through the text's difficulties along the way and shows how Exodus still speaks to readers today. It is suited to individuals, Bible study groups, and catechists who want a scholarly but readable guide to one of the central books of the Old Testament.

Exodus is central to both Jewish and Christian traditions, and its names and images run throughout the rest of Scripture and the Church's liturgy, from Passover to the forty days and forty nights. Smith reads it as both an ancient text and a living one: a call to resist oppression and to live in covenant with one another and with God. Smith is a scholar of the Bible and the ancient Near East who has taught at New York University and served as a visiting professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He was elected vice president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2009.

Use & care: Suited to reading alongside the Book of Exodus in personal study or a parish Bible study, and to preparing to teach Exodus in religious education. Store it upright on a shelf to keep the cover flat.