Tracking down the Exodus // Date of Israelites' flight from Egypt difficult to pinpoint; some scholars doubt it took place

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: April 19, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

Was there truly an exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt, as the Bible says? If so, how many people left? When was it? Where did they go?

"There was no real exodus. There was no real wilderness wandering," asserts William G. Dever, excavator of the ancient biblical city of Gezer (between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv), and former director of the Albright School of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem.

Mr. Dever's views are by no means universally accepted, but he is one of the most highly regarded biblical archaeologists in the world.

The questions that Mr. Dever and others raise about ...

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