Time of Exodus

[jwithnell]

When would you place the time of the Exodus? Are there theological implications for placing it in the middle kingdom of Egypt as opposed to the new kingdom?

 

[au5t1n]

There is an helpful treatment of the two views of the 430 years (i.e., whether they go back to Abraham or not, and therefore which Egyptian dynasty) in Gleason Archer's Old Testament intro. He takes the view that the 430 years date from Abraham, if I recall correctly. He gives a thorough survey of the evidence.

 

[johnny]

Have you seen the new doco "Patterns of Evidence"
There has been a couple of posts on it on PB,

http://www.puritanboard.com/showthread.php/87817-Evidence-of-the-Exodus

I think it gives a good argument, but I'm no expert,

 

[LilyG]

Have you seen the new doco "Patterns of Evidence"
There has been a couple of posts on it on PB,

http://www.puritanboard.com/showthread.php/87817-Evidence-of-the-Exodus

I was going to mention that, too!

The part on Joseph is especially fascinating.

 

[Frosty]

Have you seen the new doco "Patterns of Evidence"
There has been a couple of posts on it on PB,

http://www.puritanboard.com/showthread.php/87817-Evidence-of-the-Exodus

I was going to mention that, too!

The part on Joseph is especially fascinating.

I'm with you on that.

 

[jwithnell]

The documentary is what prompted my question. I'll take the scriptures at face value, but if there's reliable archeological info, that's pretty cool.

 

[JBaldwin]

When we were going through the Exodus last year, I found this extensive website. It's interesting. This researcher used Solomon's reign and the date as a reference.
://www.bible.ca/archaeology/bible-archaeology-exodus-date-1440bc.htm