Hermeneutical foundations -- The past is prologue : creation and exodus -- The exodus motif : a paradigm of evocation -- The Psalms and the Exodus motif -- Isaiah's rhapsody -- Exile and post-exile: the second exodus revisited -- Jesus as the new exodus in Mark and Matthew -- The exodus motif in Luke-Acts -- The exodus motif in Paul -- The exodus motif in 1 Peter -- The exodus motif in Revelation: redemption, judgment, and inheritance -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Intertextuality.