Exodus: The Egyptian Evidence

About this book

Few events have shaped Jewish and Christian tradition more than the Exodus from Egypt - and few have been as controversial for historians. The emphasis in the past has been on understanding the Exodus in light of Israelite history and Israelite origins. This book - a collection of six papers given at a conference at Brown University - looks at new evidence of the Exodus: the Egyptian evidence. The contributors include leading historians archaeologists Egyptologists and literary scholars. Join them as they discuss among many other topics whether the Exodus was a specific historical event or a wider phenomenon spread over time whether wall reliefs at Karnak depict a battle between the Egyptians and the Israelites and whether the Israelites emerged from within ancient Canaanite society.