Video: On the Historicity of the Exodus
Manfred Bietak discusses what Egyptology can contribute today in assessing the sojourn in Egypt
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Manfred Bietak, director emeritus of the Institute of Egyptology at the University of Vienna, delivered the lecture “On the Historicity of the Exodus: What Egyptology Can Contribute Today in Assessing the Sojourn in Egypt” at the recent Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination conference hosted by Calit2’s Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego. Watch the full lecture video below, including the introduction by Thomas Schneider, or click here for more information on the conference, including dozens of additional video lectures.
Lecture video courtesy of conference host Thomas E. Levy, distinguished professor and Norma Kershaw Chair in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Neighboring Lands at UCSD. All videos originally published on the Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination website, which features additional Exodus research and more information on the UCSD conference.
In the FREE eBook Ancient Israel in Egypt and the Exodus, top scholars discuss the historical Israelites in Egypt and archaeological evidence for and against the historicity of the Exodus.
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@THOMAS : Proof such as what ?!
The historicity of the Hebrew scriptures is accurate beyond dispute. Collective records are extant that positively prove the reality of events relating to the descendants of Abraham from tribe to nation. So many proofs exist regarding so many areas of the history of Israel that its accuracy should not be doubted in the absence of proofs of the Exodus. Future explorations will undoubtedly provide more details about the Exodus.