From bad to worse   Thanks to Izak and Quark we now have a section  Theories of William Denver and others  There is reportedly rchaeological evidence that the origins of Israel were in fact largely Canaanite leaving in the words of archaeologist William Dever no room for an Exodus from Egypt or a year pilgrimage through the Sinai wilderness The modern scholarly consensus is that there was never any exodus of the proportions described in the Bible and that the story is best seen as theology instead of history illustrating how the God of Israel acted to save and strengthen his chosen people  William Denver rchaeological And who in the world agrees with the segue between There is reportedly pov in wording and in the words of It isnt the origins of Israel in Canaan that cause the lack of archaeological evidence for an exodus It doesnt get any better from there see the above discussion