Teaching Choral Concepts

Review

Scholars often acknowledge that the long-accepted chronology of ancient Egypt has shaky foundations and involves considerable guesswork. That chronology holds that Merneptah was the Egyptian who opposed Moses as he led the Israelites out of bondage. That chronology has Merneptah ruling from 1224 to 1214 B.C. Modern archaeological discoveries do not support the Merneptah-Moses connection, and agnostic Bible scholars say this discepancy is evidence that the Bible is myth rather than history. The problem is that researchers have looked for the Pharoah of the Exodus in the wrong historical period. Recent findings indicate that ancient Egypt's chronology, as translated from a history written by a fourth century B.C. Egyptian priest, is off by up to seven centuries in some places.

The author of this book reconciles the ancient chronology with modern archaeology and the Old Testament accounts. He offers convincing evidence that aligns specific Pharaohs of the old king list with historically-proven events and a rational new time-line for both Bible and Egyptian history. This book provides powerful proof that the Old Testament remains, after more than 20 centuries and numerous translations, a remarkably accurate chronicle of ancient Israel, God's early prophets and the true origins of modern civilization.

Table of Contents

Introduction, 7

1. The Biblical Account of the Exodus, 15
The Biblical Account of the Israelites in Egypt, 15
The Birth of Moses, 16
Moses Receives His Call, 18
Moses Returns to Egypt, 19
The Plagues Begin, 20
The Plagues Change, 22
The Worst Plague of All, 23
The Red Sea, 24

2. Other Accounts of the Exodus, 26
Josephus' Version, 26
The Exodus, 28
The Book of Jasher, 29
The Israelites in Bondage, 31
Moses King of Cush?, 32
The New Pharoah, 34
In Summary, 35

3. Overview of Egyptian History, 37
The Conventional History of Egypt, 37
The Old Kingdom, 40
The Pyramid Builders, 41
The Middle Kingdom, 43
The New Kingdom, 44
The Late Period, 46

4. The Prevalent Theory, 48
Ramses the Great, 49
The Reed Sea?, 50
The Tell El-Amarna Tablets, 51
Problems in Dating, 52
Other Problems, 54
A Dilemma, 55

5. New Evidence Presented, 57
Ages in Chaos, 57
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, 60
Rehoboam and Pharaoh Shishak, 62
Asa and Zerah the Ethiopian, 64
Later Parallels, 65

6. More Evidence, 68
Ramses II and His Time, 68
Hittites or Chaldeans, 71
The Physical Evidence, 72
Peoples of the Sea, 74
The 21st Dynasty, 77

7. The Establishment of Egyptian Chronology, 80
The Establishment of Egyptian Chronology, 80
The Sothic Period, 81
Roman Writers, 83
Problems With the Conventional Dating, 84
Why is this System Still in Use?, 85
The Revised Chronology of Dr. Velikovsky, 87

8. Placing the Exodus in Egyptian History, 90
The Exodus was a Catastrophe, 90
The Time Frame, 92
Joseph in Egypt, 95
The Pharaoh of the Oppresion, 96
The Capital of Egypt, 98
Jericho, 101
Ai, 102
100 or 400 Years?, 103
The City of Ramses, 106
Questions Raised, 107

9. Conclusion, 110
Law Codes, 112
What Next?, 113

References, 115
Chapter 1, 115
Chapter 2, 117
Chapter 3, 118
Chapter 4, 119
Chapter 5, 120
Chapter 6, 121
Chapter 7, 122
Chapter 8, 123

Appendix A, 125
Chronological Table of the Early Patriarchs, 125
Chronological Table of Egypt, 126

Appendix B, 130
The Pharaohs of the Bible, 130

Bibliography, 132
Index, 137

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