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THE BIBLICAL DATE FOR THE EXODUS IS 1446 BC: A RESPONSE TO JAMES HOFFMEIER
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In his introductory remarks in his response to my article critiquing the 13th-century dating of the biblical Exodus,1 James Hoffmeier states, "It seemed trivial [in his book Israel in Egypt] to be preoccupied with when the exodus occurred while the real issue being debated is whether it happened at all!"2 This statement seems to imply that scholars should not be wasting their time debating the date of the Exodus since there are weightier issues with which to be concerned. I would strongly dis...
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Exodus 32 as an argument for traditional theism
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; (ProQuest Information and Learning: Foreign text omitted) I. RECENT FORMULATIONS DENYING IMMUTABILITY Of the modern theological approaches, process theism must be considered as one of the most far-reaching. It bases its theology in large measure upon man as the ontological starting point.1 The
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The Exodus in the Christian Bible: the case for "figural" reading.
Theological Studies
; [Many Christians find the Christian Bible, comprised of the Old and New Testament, diffuse, lacking unity, and therefore difficult to use in systematic theology. Yet the Bible itself uses a powerful organizing principle that spans both testaments and unites them, namely the Exodus in its dual
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Lack of Evidence to Support Bible's Exodus Story.
Israel Faxx
; By Duncan Moon (Nstional Public Radio) The story of the Exodus, the biblical account of the flight of the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt, is a central pillar of the Jewish faith. But for more than 100 years, archaeologists have searched for evidence of the great journey to the Promised
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Tracking down the Exodus // Date of Israelites' flight from Egypt difficult to pinpoint; some scholars doubt it took place
Chicago Sun-Times
; 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
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Proof of Exodus still eludes scholars: Egyptian carvings may hold a clue.(C)
The Washington Times
; The ancient Exodus from Egypt has been a rich symbol for liberation movements and literature, but those who try to dig up the evidence of the mass migration say the proof is nowhere to find. For the past 20 years, archaeologists searching for desert routes or evidence of Joshua's conquest of Canaan
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Exodus
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; CAROL MEYERS, Exodus (New Cambridge Bible Commentary; Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005). Pp. xxiv + 311. Paper $21.99. This book certainly fulfills the goal of the New Cambridge Bible Commentary "to elucidate the Hebrew Scriptures for a wide range of intellectually curious
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The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus. By Mark S. Smith, JSOTSup 239. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1997, 355 pp., $66.00. This volume explores various issues related to the idea that the present shape of the book of Exodus, and of the Pentateuch as a whole, has been heavily influenced by post-exilic
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Theology in Exodus: Biblical Theology in the Form of a Commentary
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; DONALD E. GOWAN, Theology in Exodus: Biblical Theology in the Form of a Commentary (Louisville: Westminister/John Knox, 1994). Pp. xviii + 297. $28. Gowan, "a Christian for whose life the Bible is definitive," experiments with a way of writing biblical theology which he hopes will bridge "the gulf
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RAMESES OF THE EXODUS NARRATIVES IS THE 13TH CENTURY B.C. ROYAL RAMESSIDE RESIDENCE
Trinity Journal
; Professor Robert Vasholz in a recent "short communication" in Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review made a novel attempt to reinterpret the toponym Rameses in Exod 1:11 so as to exclude it as a criterion for dating the exodus to the reign of Ramesses II (1279-1213 B.C1 He rightly recognizes that
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Completing the exodus
Jerusalem Post
; ADIN STEINSALTZ Jerusalem Post 04-01-2007 Headline: Completing the exodus Byline: ADIN STEINSALTZ Edition; Daily Section: Opinion Page: 13 Sunday, April 1, 2007 -- The Exodus from Egypt was apocalyptic, not only because of the supernatural events that took place during its unfolding, but also
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