Reading Time: 2 minutes So I’m really pleased to announce that I have formal confirmation of the Exodus book project that I had in mind. I will be writing the book with fellow skeptic and author, and archaeologist to boot, Rebecca Bradley. I have worked closely with her before on a number of different projects and I am excited to […]
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Exodus Sidebar: Replying to Armstrong about Camels
Reading Time: 8 minutes I recently posted my latest piece on the historicity of the Exodus accounts in the Bible, this time concerning the historical problems of the mentions of camels in the Old Testament. Catholic blogger and apologist Dave Armstrong has attempted to refute my claims with a post of his own, to which a couple of commenters […]
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Debunking the Exodus I: Chronology
Reading Time: 13 minutes I am re-running my “Debunking the Exodus” series for some of my newer readers. “…In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began […]
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Biblical Satire: The Lateral Truth
Reading Time: 5 minutes Rebecca Bradley, author and archaeologist with whom I used to blog, wrote a brilliant collection of satirical biblical stories titled The Lateral Truth: An Apostate’s Bible Stories [UK]. It was well received and has now been re-released in a new edition with a foreword by Benjamin Watkins, the host of the Real Atheology podcast. This edition is now […]
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Writing, Writing, Writing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Apologies for being effectively absent for a week or so, bar some quick posts here and there. It’s Easter hols and the family is about. Also, there is a heck of a lot going on on the book front. As you may well know, I have two books presently filtering through the distribution channels. Some […]
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The Exodus Debunked: Narrative Sources
Reading Time: 17 minutes “It is thus clearer than the sun at noonday that the Pentateuch was not written by Moses, but by someone who lived longer after Moses” Spinoza, 1670 I will continue my deconstruction of the Exodus accounts by concentrating on the issues surrounding the claims concerning the typology and the sources of the Exodus account itself. A […]
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The Exodus Debunked: Coming out of Egypt
Reading Time: 11 minutes I will continue my deconstruction of the Exodus accounts by concentrating on the issues surrounding the claims of the Hebrews coming out of Egypt. The articles so far have been: The Exodus Debunked: Chronology The Exodus Debunked: A Ridiculous Story with Ridiculous Claims The Exodus Debunked: Camels The Exodus Debunked: Hardening of Hearts The Exodus Debunked: […]
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The Exodus Debunked: Archaeological Issues
Reading Time: 11 minutes I will continue my deconstruction of the Exodus accounts by concentrating on the archaeological issues. The articles so far have been: The Exodus Debunked: Chronology The Exodus Debunked: A Ridiculous Story with Ridiculous Claims The Exodus Debunked: Camels The Exodus Debunked: Hardening of Hearts The Exodus Debunked: Moses’ Birth The Exodus Debunked: You Philistines! The Exodus […]
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The Exodus Debunked: the Hyksos and the Land of Goshen
Reading Time: 10 minutes I will continue my deconstruction of the Exodus accounts by concentrating on the Hyksos. The articles so far have been: The Exodus Debunked: Chronology The Exodus Debunked: A Ridiculous Story with Ridiculous Claims The Exodus Debunked: Camels The Exodus Debunked: Hardening of Hearts The Exodus Debunked: Moses’ Birth The Exodus Debunked: You Philistines! I want to […]
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The Exodus Debunked: You Philistines!
Reading Time: 4 minutes I will continue my deconstruction of the Exodus accounts by concentrating on the Philistines. The articles so far have been: The Exodus Debunked: Chronology The Exodus Debunked: A Ridiculous Story with Ridiculous Claims The Exodus Debunked: Camels The Exodus Debunked: Hardening of Hearts The Exodus Debunked: Moses’ Birth I want to compile them all into a […]