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'Too Much to Grasp": Exodus 3:13-15 and the Reality of God. By Andrea D. Saner. Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplements 11. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015, xv + 266 pp., $34.95 paper.
This work is a recent release of the Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplement series. As part of this series, Exod 3:13-15 is considered through a theological interpretative lens and incorporates areas of theological exegesis, hermeneutics, canonical criticism, and interpretative tradition. The book is a revised version of Saner's Ph.D. dissertation supervised by Professor Walter Moberly of Durham University. The title Too Much to Grasp is notably a quote from Augustine's comments on Exod 3:13-15.
Exodus 3:13-15 is perhaps one of the most considered passages in Scripture, and Saner endeavors specifically to demonstrate its importance as related to a Trinitarian comprehension of God through "sustained" dialogue with "Christian tradition" and biblical exegesis (pp. 3-4). Consequently, this work (and presumably the series) is a sample in marshaling both exegetical and theological efforts towards a comprehensive academic interpretation and may be of particular interest for those interested in the academic process of braiding the domains of theology and exegesis together.
The layout of the book is organized neatly into two main parts totaling five chapters. Part 1 is titled "Clearing the Ground for Theological Interpretation of Exodus 3:13-15." Here Saner labors to posit the need for her study. At the outset she offers a summary of scholarship from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries that followed two approaches in tracing both the genesis of the Tetragrammaton and the relationship between ... and ... . The first approach was focused on etymology and the second on the development and growth of Israel's religion (Yahwhism) from...