tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post4844010062394120847..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Did I not bring Israel out of Egypt?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-26119263048939373552020-02-11T21:29:03.188-05:002020-02-11T21:29:03.188-05:00Well that is the amazing thing about 'Sinai in...Well that is the amazing thing about 'Sinai in Arabia' then - the 'new' Saudi leadership has actually allowed video crews and even a religious tour group to visit the purported site of Mt Sinai. The full documentary on that (which you are probably aware of)is here: https://doubtingthomasresearch.com/<br /><br />Personally I am convinced due to the testimony of the Bible, ancient writers, and the physical evidence on the site.<br /><br />Myself has covered various archaeological evidence for key events in the Bible in a very brief overview. Key events include the Sojourn, Exodus, Sinai, Jericho and the Resurrection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKqP4RVyoBEScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16155328940062919187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-91356900082084036292017-06-12T20:55:54.223-04:002017-06-12T20:55:54.223-04:00I think one ambiguity is that when critics say the...I think one ambiguity is that when critics say there's no evidence for the exodus, they are using the "exodus" as an umbrella term for events in Egypt leading up to the exodus proper, the "40-year" sojourn in Sinai, as well as the conquest and occupation of Canaan. But these all present different textual and evidential issues. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-78215261307499999592017-06-12T14:59:47.426-04:002017-06-12T14:59:47.426-04:00The book looks like it will be a helpful resource....The book looks like it will be a helpful resource.<br /><br />I agree that we shouldn't expect to find archeological evidence of Israel's 40 years of wandering in the Sinai and/or Arabian deserts. As your citation notes, nomadic peoples tend to not leave much, if any, durable artifacts behind. Aside from the destruction of watercourses, desert sands tend to bury things. And there are political obstacles, perhaps insuperable at this time, to conducting archeological digs in Saudi Arabia anyway. Egypt is no picnic these days, either, ever since the events of the "Arab Spring" and the rise of an ISIS franchise in Egypt. Given all this, how much force can one give to these arguments from the silence of the archeological record?<br /><br />However, I don't think we should despair of finding evidence of Israel's presence in Egypt prior to this. Doug Petrovich and Bryant Wood are the guys to keep an eye on in the next few years.David Gadboishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18375984671877016361noreply@blogger.com