The Exodus problem and its ramifications : a critical examination of the chronological relationships between Israel and the contemporary peoples of antiquity /
by Donovan A. Courville.
- Loma Linda, CA : Challenge Books, c1971.
- <2 vols> ; illus. ; pbk ; 21 cm.
Ian McDowell Collection
Includes bibliographical references.
v.1 : The scriptural accounts of the Exodus and related events -- The date of the Exodus in Israelite chronology -- Difficulties in locating the Exodus background within the limits of Bible chronology -- The XIXth Dynasty Exodus theory : its advantages and weaknesses -- Further difficulties in archaeological interpretation from the era of the conquest -- Archaeological difficulties disappear with a redating of early Bronze IV -- The outlines of a new chronology emerge -- The contribution of the Hebrews to ancient culture -- Who was the Pharaoh of the Exodus -- Joseph and his famine in the Egyptian inscriptions -- Egypt in the pre-famine period (part 1) -- Egypt in the pre-famine period (part 2) -- The chronology of the XIIth Dynasty -- Problems relating to the Hyksos -- The enigma of Manetho's XIth Dynasty -- Shishak and the sacking of Solomon's Temple -- Problems related to the composition of Manetho's XVIIIth and XIXth Dynasties -- The background to Egypt's loss of independence -- The relation between archaeological interpretation and evaluation of Scripture. v.2 : Are the foundations of archaeological science secure? -- What happens to synchronisms used to support current views? -- Limitations of Carbon-14 dating -- Limitations of astronomical dating methods -- The placement of Dynasty XII in the archaeological ages -- Natural catastrophe and archaeological synchonism -- Archaeological evidences of the dispersion from Babel -- Archaeology and the duration of the predynastic period -- The predicament in archaeological interpretations a Shechem -- Confusion in the archaeology of Megiddo -- Who was the pharaoh who gave Solomon a city site? -- Synchronising the archaeology of Samaria with Scripture -- Scripture, archaeology and the Philistines -- Problems in the archaeology of Hazor -- TransJordan and the Negeb -- Problems in the chronology of Ancient Greece -- The era of Hammurabi and related problems in Assyrian and Chaldean chronologies -- On the comparative evaluation of two proposed chronological structures.
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Bible.--O.T.--History of contemporary events. Bible.--O.T.--Chronology.