Does the Exodus story subvert Egyptian propaganda?

FOR PASSOVER: How the Exodus story subverts pharaonic texts to mock ancient Egypt. According to Bar-Ilan University’s Joshua Berman, who curated the new hagaddah ‘Echoes of Egypt,’ the biblical narrative ‘culturally appropriates’ facets of Egyptian culture — by design (Rossella Tercatin, Times of Israel).

In the new “Echoes of Egypt: A Haggada,” curated by Berman and recently published by Koren, the scholar argues that the term “a mighty hand and outstretched arm” represents just one of the many examples where the Torah seems to employ tools of the Egyptian narrative or propaganda and use them against the very people who enslaved the ancient Israelites.

For more on that biblical phrase, see here and links.

Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and the biblical world.