Thera and the Exodus
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Thera and the Exodus

The Exodus Explained in Terms of Natural Phenomena and the Human Response to It

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Thera and the Exodus

The Exodus Explained in Terms of Natural Phenomena and the Human Response to It

About this book

Of all the volcanic eruptions that shook the earth, two of the volcano on the Aegean island Thera, modern Santorini, are more important to the modern world than any other. Not only did they lead to the formation of the people known as the Israelites, but indirectly also gave birth to the god of Judaism, Islam and Christianity. The biblical Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt is closely linked to these two eruptions, the second which occurred ca. 1450-1410 BCE during the reign of Amenhotep III, Egypt's golden pharaoh. The fallout of the eruption caused a deadly plague to break out in Egypt and to appease the perceived anger of the gods, Amenhotep ordered all firstborn in Egypt to be sacrificed in fires. His firstborn son, Crown Prince Tuthmosis, was first in line to be sacrificed, but was saved from the fire in the nick of time, an event recorded as the 'burning bush' episode in the Bible. Prince Tuthmosis became the biblical Moses and the events of that followed are now finally revealed.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Appendices
  6. 1. Introduction
  7. 2. The Exodus as described in religious sources
  8. 3. The Exodus in the words of the historians
  9. 4. Interpretation of various accounts of the Exodus
  10. 5. From the arrival of the Israelites in Egypt to Joseph
  11. 6. The identity of King Sesostris
  12. 7. Amenhotep III and his scribe Amenhotep, Son of Hapu
  13. 8. Prince Tuthmosis, the prince who disappeared
  14. 9. Akhenaten and his religious revolution
  15. 10. ‘Those fatally determined 13 years’
  16. 11. Manetho’s New Kingdom king list
  17. 12. Saul, David and Solomon –Amarna contemporaries
  18. 13. Nefertiti, the Queen of Sheba and Helen of Troy
  19. 14. The conquest of Canaan
  20. 15. The plagues of Egypt as described in ancient sources
  21. 16. Could an eruption of Thera have affected Egypt?
  22. 17. The plagues and miracles put into perspective
  23. 18. The parting of the sea and the route of the Exodus
  24. 19. Dating the eruptions of Thera
  25. 20. Abraham, father of the Hyksos
  26. Appendices
  27. References
  28. Bibliography
  29. Figure and text credits and permissions
  30. Index