The Bread of Egypt
Is matzah, the unleavened bread Jews today eat at Passover, actually an ancient Egyptian staple?
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Exodus
I Wish I Were a Historical Novelist
It would be sooo nice to read eyewitness accounts of the Exodus as part of my research. But they don’t exist.
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Ancient Rituals
Of the many types of religious practices described in the Hebrew Bible, might any of them date back to the time of the Exodus?
The Bible and Authorship
Is it possible to learn who wrote the Hebrew Bible – or when? Faithful readers of this blog know that there are a few different versions of the Exodus stories in the Hebrew Bible (including three variants on the Ten Commandments, one of which has almost nothing in common with the other two). So where
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The 10 Plagues as Literary Nonfiction
This aspect of Exodus has a natural explanation, but the story also seems deliberately constructed.
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The Case for Exodus: Egypt’s Testimony
Most researchers are skeptical that the Exodus really happened. But one has found documentary evidence in Egyptian tombs that bolsters the biblical narrative.
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Egyptian History and the Bible’s Historicity
Papyri and stone inscriptions buttress many Hebrew Bible stories, including the Exodus.
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Biblical History
The Book of Exodus is one of the world’s oldest written texts, created long before history was an intellectual discipline. But some scholars insist it holds kernels of historical truth.
THE SINA’I TRILOGY
A profile of the novel that this blog was created to support.
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Even Their Barbarism Was Civilized
We think of ancient life as cruel and backward compared with our own times, but often it wasn’t.
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