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An 8 page research paper that looks at two questions pertaining to the Book of Exodus. First of all, it examines what scholars have determined relative to the historical accuracy of the exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt. Then, it address the question of the significance of this event to the Israelite people and their religion. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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the exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt. Then, it address the question of the significance of this event to the Israelite people and their religion. Does the Book of
Exodus present an accurate historical account of this event? At one time, biblical accounts of history were considered to be absolutely accurate. This is exemplified by the fact that
in 1650, a distinguished church historian, Archbishop James Ussher, announced that his meticulous scholarship, based on the Bible, had revealed the precise moment of Creation, which he determined to be
early Saturday evening on 22 October 40004 BCE (Number, 2000, p. 257). This calculation was taken quite seriously for at least the next three centuries. The debate concerning the
historical accuracy of the Bible continues to this day. Halkin (1999) reports on reading two books published in 1999. Each is scholarly and researched. One author argues that everything
in the Bible that can be considered historical is actually myth; the other argues that everything in the Bible that is regarded as myth is actually historical. Logically, both cannot
be right. However, this does point out that the fact that there is serious debate on this issue. Scholars, such as archeologist Thomas L. Thomas, contend that the writers of
Genesis and Exodus compiled these texts during the Persian Period of Israelite history (or later0 and, therefore, "had virtually no authentic historical information" pertaining to early Israelite history at their
disposal (Miller, 2004, p. 42). Thomas contends that they were not particularly interested in historical accuracy, but instead were concerned with creating a "theologically driven story of Israels distance past
as they thought it should have happened" (Miller, 2004, p. 42). On the other hand, Niditch (2003) points out where various scholars, such as Ronald Hendel, believe that the
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