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Ancient Israel in Sinai : the evidence for the authenticity of the wilderness tradition /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffmeier, James Karl, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Bible. > Exodus XVI-Numbers XX > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Exodus XVI-Numbers XX > Evidences, authority, etc.
Bible. > Exodus XVI-Numbers XX > History of Biblical events.
Bible. > Exodus XVI-Numbers XX > Geography.
Sinai (Egypt) > Antiquities.
Table of Contents:
  • The wilderness traditions
  • The wilderness traditions and the historian of religion
  • Sinai : the great and terrible wilderness
  • The geography of the Exodus : Ramesses to the sea
  • The location of the Re(e)d Sea
  • The mountain of God
  • From Egypt to Mt. Sinai : traveling and living in the wilderness
  • The Sinai legislation
  • Israel's desert sanctuary
  • Egyptian personal names and other Egyptian elements in the Exodus-wilderness narratives
  • The wilderness tradition and the origin of Israel.