Exodus 7,1-15,21

After the fourth delivery of Volume II / 2 by Werner H. Schmidt has now been published as a complete edition: The plague stories proclaim the power of one God over nature even in a foreign country. Despite the "stubbornness", the pharaoh retains free will, chooses "magicians", opponents who turn out to be inferior in the course of the plot. This event also reflects a confrontation with the gods of Egypt. From the Old Testament tradition, such as from the Passover, Christian faith takes on the link to history: "to memory". Are the so-called identification formulas "This is ..." a preform of the sacrament words? According to the different versions of Ex 14, God wages war alone. God's work and human action are differentiated.