Ancient Israel in Sinai
Subtitle: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: September 17, 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780195155464
First sentence: The wilderness tradition dominates the Torah or Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) and has left a lasting impression on Israel throughout its history, down to the present day.
Description: "As director of the North Sinai Archaeological Project, James K. Hoffmeier has led several excavations that have uncovered important new evidence supporting the wilderness narratives, including a major New Kingdom fort at Tell el-Borg that was occupied during the Israelite exodus. Hoffmeier employs these archaeological findings to shed new light on the route of the exodus from Egypt. He also investigates the location of Mount Sinai and offers a rebuttal to those who have sought to locate it in northern Arabia and not on the Sinai Peninsula as traditionally thought. Hoffmeier addresses how and when the Israelites could have lived in Sinai, as well as whether it would have been possible for Moses to write down the law received at Mount Sinai. Building on new evidence for the Israelite sojourn in Egypt, Hoffmeier explores the Egyptian influence on the wilderness tradition."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Abbreviations; title: Chronological Charts; label: Chapter 1.
title: The Wilderness Tradition; label: Chapter 2.
title: The Wilderness Tradition and the Historian of Religion; label: Chapter 3.
title: Sinai: The Great and Terrible Wilderness; label: Chapter 4.
title: The Geography of the Exodus: Ramesses to the Sea; label: Chapter 5.
title: The Location of the Re(e)d Sea; label: Chapter 6.
title: The Mountain of God; label: Chapter 7.
title: From Egypt to Mt. Sinai: Traveling and Living in the Wilderness; label: Chapter 8.
title: The Sinai Legislation; label: Chapter 9.
title: Israel's Desert Sanctuary; label: Chapter 10.
title: Egyptian Personal Names and Other Egyptian Elements in the Exodus-Wilderness Narratives; label: Chapter 11.
title: The Wilderness Tradition and the Origin of Israel; label: Notes; label: Index