In a revision of his 2006 doctoral dissertation at Trinity International University, Timmer (biblical studies, Faculté de théologie reéformée, Montreal) describes how God's commands about observing the sabbath provides a framework that links the building of the tabernacle, the golden calf episode, and Israel's continuing participation in the Sinai covenant after that episode. He considers current discussions of Exodus and biblical theology, exegesis of the sabbath frame, hermeneutical and theological reflections on the sabbath frame, exegesis of Exodus 32-34 with an emphasis on divine presence, hermeneutics and theology of the passage, and how the study's themes manifest in subsequent Jewish and Christian literature. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)