Archaeological and Historical Evidence for the Bible, class #3b answers skeptical objections to the historicity of Israel's exodus from Egypt and examines the evidence for the Conquest or Entry into Canaan. Objections from the lack of contemporary Egyptian evidence in the Delta region, the number of Israelites who left allegedy being too large, and the name of the Pharaoh not being recorded are examined. Israel's entry into Canaan is validated by the Amarna tablets, Canaanite references to invading 'Habiru (Hebrews), the destruction of Hazor, and the destruction of Jericho. The Merneptah Stele likewise validates Israel's early presence in Canaan, as does archaeological evidence for a large increase in the population. The 'Izbet Sartah ostracon and Gezer calendar validate Israel's early use of the Hebrew language, while Sinai 115 and other inscriptions from Serabit el-Khadim support the view that Hebrew was the language of the proto-consonantal script and thus the earliest alphabetic language. This video is from a Bible college class taught by Thomas Ross at the Mukwonago Baptist Bible Institute; see the FaithSaves website and/or your bookstore for Prof. Ross's book on this subject or for more information.


Note: At 4:46 into the video the slide about wine-dockets has accurate content but the wrong picture. For the correct picture, please see Kenneth. A. Kitchen, On the Reliability of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006), 632.

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