> The Creation of a Myth

When History Became Myth

Ramesses

The Store-City of Raamses – The Egyptian City of Raamses – The Asiatic City of Avaris – The Israel Stela – A New Discovery – The 19th Dynasty Northern Empire – Israelite Chariots

The Biblical Date for Exodus

Thiele’s Biblical Chronology – Dating King Ahab of Israel – Dating King Jehu of Israel – Establishing the Biblical Exodus Date – Manipulating the Data – The 18th Dynasty Exodus Theory

Shishak

Shoshenk I – Shoshenk’s Campaign versus Shishak’s Campaign – The Real Purpose of Shoshenk’s Campaign – Sysa/Shysha – What’s in a name?

A New Chronology

The First Dynasty of Babylon – Pharaoh Neferhotep) – Dating the Start of the 13th Dynasty – Dating the Start of the Israelite Sojourn – Dating Joseph in Egypt – Dating Amenemhat III

> The Israelites in Egypt

Joseph and the Famine

A Coat of Many Colors – The Great Egyptian Famine

Joseph the Vizier

Joseph’s Egyptian Name – The Vizier Ankhu – Joseph’s Palace – Joseph’s Tomb

Sojourn

The Land of Goshen – The Cities of Avaris and Ramesses – Sojourn in Prosperity – Sojourn in Slavery

Moses – Prince of Egypt

Khenophres – A Dynasty of Viziers – The Brooklyn Slave Papyrus – The Slave Masters – Moses the Child – Moses the Student – Moses the General – Moses’ Exile

> Exodus

Exodus – Plagues and Punishment

The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage – Death Pits at Avaris – Tutimaos and the Hyksos Invasion – The Hyksos Occupation of Egypt – Maibre Sheshi – The Year Four Hundred Stela

Exodus – The Departure

From Avaris to the Sea – The Walls of the Ruler – Arriving at the Sea – Baal Zephon – Yam Suph – The Third Camp – Ancient Topography – The Fortress of Tjaru/Sile – Migdol and pa-Khara – Dating the Exodus Toponyms – Interpreting the Toponyms of Exodus 14:1-2 – The Miracle of the Sea

Wanderings – Journey to Horeb

The Sinai Expeditions – From the Sea of Reeds to Elim – Walking in the Wilderness – From Elim to Dophkah – The Expedition of Robinson and Smith – Proto-Sinaitic – The Hebrew Numbers – From Dophkah to Mount Horeb – The Laws of Moses in Proto-Sinaitic – The Golden Calf

Wanderings – Journey to Kadesh

From Mount Horeb to Ezion Geber – The Road to Kadesh – Redrawing Judah’s Border – Lesser Kadesh – Greater Kadesh – Kadesh in the Old Sources – Petra and Greater Kadesh – The Conquest of Trans-Jordan

> Conquest

Conquest – Invasion

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down – The Devil in the Detail – Theories Built Upon Errors – Pride Before a Fall – The Real Jericho – The Lost Town of Ai – Hazor – The Foremost of Those Kingdoms

Conquest – IIB or not IIB

Bichrome Ware – Bryant Wood’s LB I Jericho Theory – Maaibre Shesi – The Lesser Hyksos 14th Dynasty – Notched Leg Scarabs – Hyksos Sharuhen

Conquest – Settlement

Shiloh and the Ark of the Covenant – The Settlement Pattern – Shechem and Joshua’s Covenant Stone

Conclusion

Ramesses was not the Pharaoh of the Exodus – Shoshenk I was not the Biblical Shishak – Ramesses II was the Real Biblical Shishak – Jacob and Joseph in the Late Middle Kingdom – The True Era of the Sojourn – Slavery in the Land of Goshen – Moses, Prince of Egypt – Exodus from Egypt – The Desert Wanderings – Kadesh – Jericho – The Fall of Ai – The Founding of the Shrine at Shiloh – The Reburial of Joseph – Jabin King of Hazor – Caleb and the Conquest of the South – Jericho and Sheshi – Shechem and the Covenant

> Appendices

• Appendix A: The New Chronology Framework
• The New Chronology Pillars
• Appendix B: Revising the Turin Canon
• Following Sobekhotep IV – Repositioning Dudimose
• Appendix C: The Midian Exodus Theory
• The Midian Exodus Theory Explained – Sinai in Arabia – The Sinai Peninsula in Egypt – From Goshen to the Gulf of Akaba – The Miracle of the Sea – The Territory of the Midianites – Gebel el-Lawz
• Acknowledgments