Nahum M. Sarna

"In a past age, humanity fled a dying Earth in massive arkships, which searched the galaxy to find a new home. One fleet found Centauri, a dense cluster of stars teeming with habitable planets. Now, thousands of years later, Centauri's settlers have evolved into advanced beings known as Celestials - and their great houses rule vast star systems. As the Celestials vie for supremacy, Earth's arkships continue to arrive and humans must serve these repressive masters. But is there a better life beyond the empire? Finn is a Centauri-born human who yearns for a brighter future. So, when another arkship arrives, he seizes the chance to become a Traveler. These heroes explore the unknowns of distant space, dedicated to humanity's survival. And they hope - one day- to find freedom. The Archimedes Engine is the first book in the Exodus series, a major action-adventure RPG."

"Studies in Biblical Interpretation is a collection of essays by Nahum Sarna, one of the most distinguished scholars who has guided the field of Jewish biblical scholarship to maturity in the second half of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

Sarna examines the distinctiveness of the Exodus narrative in light of ancient Near Eastern history and contemporaneous cultures--Egyptian, Assyrian, Canaanite, and Babylonian. In a new Foreword to the 1996 edition, Sarna takes up the debate over whether the exodus from Egypt really happened, clarifying the arguments on both sides and drawing us back to the uniqueness and enduring significance of biblical text.