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March 31, 2015

Explaining the Ten Plagues

Are they a mirror-image of the creation story?

Scholars have interpreted the account of the ten plagues in the book of Exodus with reference to ancient Egyptian ecology, by theorizing that the plagues are structured as a polemic against the Egyptian pantheon, and in various other ways. Ziony Zevit argues instead that the best explanation comes from within the biblical text, and that the ten plagues are meant as a mirror-image of the creation story:

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March 31, 2015

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  2. Explaining the Ten Plagues

    Are they a mirror-image of the creation story?

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