"new chronology" is quite simple - giving historical credence to the events mentioned in the Bible. Rohl attempted to produce a revision of the accepted chronology of ancient Egypt that would make possible the synchronization of events found in Egyptian texts with those in the Bible. In doing so, he makes a drastic revision of the accepted ancient Egyptian chronology. Figure 1: The "new chronology" (left column) as proposed by David Rohl and the biblical chronology (right column). [36] Rohl uncritically accepts the chronology of the Exodus mentioned in the Hebrew Bible even though there exists serious contradictions. Therefore, not surprisingly, according to him, the Exodus happened c . 1447 BCE [Figure 1]. In effect, Rohl's attempt may be considered as a subset to the early-date model . With his "new chronology" the ruler during the event of the Exodus was not Amenhotep II as tacitly subscribed to by the missionaries, but Dudimose from the 13th Dynasty of the Second Intermediate Period. The precise dates of the reign of Dudimose in the accepted chronology of ancient Egypt are uncertain. [37] However, according to Rohl's "new chronology", Dudimose lived around c . 1450 BCE. Even more startling is the case of the widely-accepted identification of "Shishaq (or 'Shishak'), king of Egypt" (I Kings 14:25, II Chronicles 12:2-9) with the Egyptian ruler Shoshenq I of the 22nd Dynasty in the Third Intermediate Period. Rohl argues instead that Shishaq should be identified with Ramesses II, [38] which would move the date of Ramesses