Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition Book

Detailed and not for the faint of heart although an industrious layperson will reap a huge payoff from a careful read. It is a good book look at the evidence for Israel in Ancient Egypt. Defends the reliability of the the Exodos and the Biblical narrative. Hoffmeier looks at archeological evidence, our knowledge of cities, forts and canals in Ancient Egypt. As a whole Hoffmeier weighs the historical evidence. Some readers will be bothered by his conservative stance, although he notes many scholars who are Egyptologist or of scholars primarily of other ANE cultures are far less skeptical of the text than those who are Biblical scholars first. Other readers will be bothered because he isn't conservative enough, e.g. taking a late date for the exodus, not seing the Re(e)d Sea as the Gulf of Suez or Aqaba. In all Hoffmeier is even handed. His knowledge of Egpyt, background, archeology and ANE lit will be a help to any student or scholar of Exodus.