Publisher's Synopsis
For 2,500 years academics and historians had concluded that Ramesses II was Pharaoh of the Exodus when the Israelites left Egypt, but there was no evidence in support of that theory and every reason to disbelieve it, which led to the observation that the whole story was just a myth. This book takes a new look at the historical events and, using all the information available from the Bible and Egyptian record, it has been possible to now show what actually happened and when. It covers the social, economic and religious concerns that led to the enslavement of the Israelites and the belittling by Moses who goaded a weak and worthless Pharaoh (who was thrust onto the throne by his vicious and dictatorial predecessor) to his eventual death. This brings alive the Bible story from Joseph to Moses fitting perfectly with the best knowledge we have of the 18th Dynasty Monarchs of Ancient Egypt and goes to proving the truth that the Exodus did take place enabling a date to be put to this crucial event.
