Egyptologist and historian, David Rohl, has written a new book to accompany the “Patterns of Evidence” documentary movie. Exodus – Myth or History? lays out the archaeological and historical evidence for the Middle Bronze Age Exodus Theory that features so strongly in Timothy Mahoney’s film. This is a book for those who want to examine the evidence in detail … but it is also an absorbing and captivating read. The Archaeology Correspondent for the British newspaper The Daily Mail wrote, “David Rohl’s books have convinced me that he is one of the most brilliant and original minds now engaged in writing ancient history. If he hadn’t been a historian he would have been a terrific mystery writer.” David’s previous best-selling books have been published throughout the world (translated into 12 languages) … but his work is not so well known in the USA. Now, with this new release, published by Thinking Man Media, all that is about to change.
> The Creation of a Myth
When History Became Myth
Ramesses
The Store-City of Raamses – The Egyptian City of Raamses – The Asiatic City of Avaris – The Israel Stela – A New Discovery – The 19th Dynasty Northern Empire – Israelite Chariots
The Biblical Date for Exodus
Thiele’s Biblical Chronology – Dating King Ahab of Israel – Dating King Jehu of Israel – Establishing the Biblical Exodus Date – Manipulating the Data – The 18th Dynasty Exodus Theory
Shishak
Shoshenk I – Shoshenk’s Campaign versus Shishak’s Campaign – The Real Purpose of Shoshenk’s Campaign – Sysa/Shysha – What’s in a name?
A New Chronology
The First Dynasty of Babylon – Pharaoh Neferhotep) – Dating the Start of the 13th Dynasty – Dating the Start of the Israelite Sojourn – Dating Joseph in Egypt – Dating Amenemhat III
> The Israelites in Egypt
Joseph and the Famine
A Coat of Many Colors – The Great Egyptian Famine
Joseph the Vizier
Joseph’s Egyptian Name – The Vizier Ankhu – Joseph’s Palace – Joseph’s Tomb
Sojourn
The Land of Goshen – The Cities of Avaris and Ramesses – Sojourn in Prosperity – Sojourn in Slavery
Moses – Prince of Egypt
Khenophres – A Dynasty of Viziers – The Brooklyn Slave Papyrus – The Slave Masters – Moses the Child – Moses the Student – Moses the General – Moses’ Exile
> Exodus
Exodus – Plagues and Punishment
The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage – Death Pits at Avaris – Tutimaos and the Hyksos Invasion – The Hyksos Occupation of Egypt – Maibre Sheshi – The Year Four Hundred Stela
Exodus – The Departure
From Avaris to the Sea – The Walls of the Ruler – Arriving at the Sea – Baal Zephon – Yam Suph – The Third Camp – Ancient Topography – The Fortress of Tjaru/Sile – Migdol and pa-Khara – Dating the Exodus Toponyms – Interpreting the Toponyms of Exodus 14:1-2 – The Miracle of the Sea
Wanderings – Journey to Horeb
The Sinai Expeditions – From the Sea of Reeds to Elim – Walking in the Wilderness – From Elim to Dophkah – The Expedition of Robinson and Smith – Proto-Sinaitic – The Hebrew Numbers – From Dophkah to Mount Horeb – The Laws of Moses in Proto-Sinaitic – The Golden Calf
Wanderings – Journey to Kadesh
From Mount Horeb to Ezion Geber – The Road to Kadesh – Redrawing Judah’s Border – Lesser Kadesh – Greater Kadesh – Kadesh in the Old Sources – Petra and Greater Kadesh – The Conquest of Trans-Jordan
> Conquest
Conquest – Invasion
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down – The Devil in the Detail – Theories Built Upon Errors – Pride Before a Fall – The Real Jericho – The Lost Town of Ai – Hazor – The Foremost of Those Kingdoms
Conquest – IIB or not IIB
Bichrome Ware – Bryant Wood’s LB I Jericho Theory – Maaibre Shesi – The Lesser Hyksos 14th Dynasty – Notched Leg Scarabs – Hyksos Sharuhen
Conquest – Settlement
Shiloh and the Ark of the Covenant – The Settlement Pattern – Shechem and Joshua’s Covenant Stone
Conclusion
Ramesses was not the Pharaoh of the Exodus – Shoshenk I was not the Biblical Shishak – Ramesses II was the Real Biblical Shishak – Jacob and Joseph in the Late Middle Kingdom – The True Era of the Sojourn – Slavery in the Land of Goshen – Moses, Prince of Egypt – Exodus from Egypt – The Desert Wanderings – Kadesh – Jericho – The Fall of Ai – The Founding of the Shrine at Shiloh – The Reburial of Joseph – Jabin King of Hazor – Caleb and the Conquest of the South – Jericho and Sheshi – Shechem and the Covenant
> Appendices
- Appendix A: The New Chronology Framework
- The New Chronology Pillars
- Appendix B: Revising the Turin Canon
- Following Sobekhotep IV – Repositioning Dudimose
- Appendix C: The Midian Exodus Theory
- The Midian Exodus Theory Explained – Sinai in Arabia – The Sinai Peninsula in Egypt – From Goshen to the Gulf of Akaba – The Miracle of the Sea – The Territory of the Midianites – Gebel el-Lawz
- Acknowledgments