<description>&lt;p&gt;The foundational narrative behind Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection is the story of Exodus. After all, Jesus is presented in the Gospels as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world,” and was put to death on the eve of Passover. But what if the Israelite exodus from Egypt never really happened? On this episode, Shane talks with Egyptologist David Rohl about why so many contemporary scholars conclude that Israel’s foundational story is rooted in mythology, and why they are blind to clear and convincing evidence in support of the Exodus narrative.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Click &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/notes-for-episode-69"&gt;&lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; for detailed notes related to this episode, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://whi-radio-members.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2021whi1582aug01-extended.mp3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; to listen to Shane’s interview with John Lennox on the story of Joseph, and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/questioning-conventional-wisdom"&gt;&lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; to listen to another episode featuring the work of David Rohl and his New Chronology.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SHOW NOTES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Episodes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/questioning-conventional-wisdom"&gt;Questioning Conventional Wisdom (Part 1)&lt;/a&gt;, (&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/questioning-conventional-wisdom-part"&gt;Part 2&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;em&gt;HS #13 &amp; 14 with David Rohl&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/the-sinai-inscriptions"&gt;The Sinai Inscriptions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;HS #71 with Michael Bar-Ron&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/locating-golgotha"&gt;Locating Golgotha&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt; Humble Skeptic #17 with David Rohl&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://whi-radio-members.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2021whi1582aug01-extended.mp3"&gt;John Lennox on the Story of Joseph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, White Horse Inn #1582&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/stories-of-jesus-can-they-be-trusted"&gt;Stories of Jesus: Can We Trust Them&lt;/a&gt;? &lt;em&gt;Humble Skeptic #61 with Peter J. Williams&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/are-the-gospels-history-or-fiction"&gt;Are The Gospels History or Fiction&lt;/a&gt;? &lt;em&gt;Humble Skeptic #52&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;with John Dickson&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/is-johns-gospel-late-and-unreliable"&gt;Is John’s Gospel Late &amp; Unreliable?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Humble Skeptic #51&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;with Daniel Wallace&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/questioning-the-fourth-gospel"&gt;Questioning The Fourth Gospel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Humble Skeptic #49&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;with Richard Bauckham&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/the-gospels-as-eyewitness-testimony"&gt;The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Humble Skeptic #48&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;with Richard Bauckham&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/faith-founded-on-facts"&gt;Faith Founded on Facts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Humble Skeptic #15 with Lennox, Dickson, Bauckham, etc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Articles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://ehrmanblog.org/is-the-exodus-a-myth/"&gt;Is The Exodus a Myth?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; Bart Ehrman (cited in commentary)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/new-evidence-for-a-historical-moses"&gt;New Evidence for a Historical Moses?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, Michael Bar-Ron&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_canaan_bimson.html"&gt;The Origins of Israel in Canaan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;John Bimson&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/epn_3_bimson.html"&gt;Archaeological Data &amp; The Dating of the Patriarchs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;John Bimson&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://archaeology.org/issues/september-october-2018/features/egypt-hyksos-foreign-dynasty/"&gt;Rulers of Foreign Lands&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Archaeology Magazine featuring Manfried Bietak&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/is-luke-a-trustworthy-historian"&gt;Is Luke a Trustworthy Historian?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Sir William Ramsay&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/internal-evidence-for-the-authenticity"&gt;The Authenticity &amp; Genuineness of the Fourth Gospel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;J.B. Lightfoot&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/archaelogical-discoveries-related"&gt;Archaeological Discoveries Related to Nebuchadnezzar II&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Shane Rosenthal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/water-into-wine"&gt;Water Into Wine: An Archaeological Assessment&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Shane Rosenthal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/simon-of-cyrene-an-intriguing-archaelogical"&gt;Simon of Cyrene: An Intriguing Archaeological Discovery&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Shane Rosenthal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/outside-the-gospels-what-can-we-really"&gt;Outside the Gospels, What Can We Really Know About Jesus&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;em&gt; Shane Rosenthal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/the-date-of-johns-gospel-are-we-witnessing"&gt;Paradigm Shift: The Date of John’s Gospel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Shane Rosenthal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/new-life-in-the-new-year"&gt;New Life in the New Year: A Brief Account of the Exodus&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Shane Rosenthal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Books&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Myth-History-David-Rohl-ebook/dp/B08P53DM5R"&gt;Exodus: Myth or History&lt;/a&gt;? &lt;em&gt;David Rohl — Hard copies are out of print, and used copies are expensive so this link is to the Kindle edition. However, his earlier book, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9780099365617/Test-Time-Volume-One-The-Bible-From-0099365618/plp"&gt;A Test of Time&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;covers the same material and used copies are available at a much more reasonable price.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MFXLZ11"&gt;Legendary Kings&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;David Rohl&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://biblicalarchaeology.org.uk/pdf/bimson/redating-the-exodus-and-conquest_bimson.pdf"&gt;Redating the Exodus &amp; Conquest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, John Bimson — FREE&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9781851745418/When-Happen-New-Contexts-Old-1851745416/plp"&gt;When Did It Happen&lt;/a&gt;? &lt;em&gt;John Bimson&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9781502467072/Biblical-Archaeology-Introduction-Recent-Discoveries-1502467070/plp"&gt;Biblical Archaeology&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;David E. Graves&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9781502467072/Biblical-Archaeology-Introduction-Recent-Discoveries-1502467070/plp"&gt;The Ancient Near East&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt; James B. Pritchard (ed.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&amp;#38;amp;p=1233100&amp;#38;amp;item_no=557989"&gt;Echoes of The Exodus&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Wilson &amp; Roberts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&amp;#38;amp;p=1233100&amp;#38;amp;item_no=562938"&gt;Joseph: A Story of Love, Hate &amp; Forgiveness&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt; John Lennox&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9780226458120/Structure-Scientific-Revolutions-50th-Anniversary-0226458121/plp"&gt;The Structure of Scientific Revolutions&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt; Thomas Kuhn&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&amp;#38;amp;p=1233100&amp;#38;amp;item_no=2948X"&gt;The Complete Works of Josephus&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt; Flavius Josephus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Video&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SndOJSV6QDs"&gt;Joseph’s Arrival in Egypt&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt; David Rohl and James Hoffmeier&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxw1h-iJ_qE"&gt;Joseph’s Palace &amp; Pyramid Tomb&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt; David Rohl&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfQdjdSm2AE"&gt;Evidence of Israelite Slavery in Egypt&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt; David Rohl and James Hoffmeier&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://store.patternsofevidence.com/products/patterns-of-evidence-the-exodus-dvd"&gt;Patterns of Evidence: Exodus&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;documentary&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;film&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;featuring David Rohl and others&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2He5ZyIP8k&amp;#38;list=PLrCQerz2L0IexwAzq4zGBX-sl2RwvnFaR"&gt;David Rohl Lectures&lt;/a&gt;, to purchase the complete set of lectures &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://store.patternsofevidence.com/products/the-david-rohl-lectures-2-dvd-set"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Share with Friends &amp; Family&lt;/strong&gt;If you’re a fan of the show, please tell others about the show, and consider posting a link to this episode via your social media feed. 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The Humble Skeptic

Truth Isn't Afraid of Questions

Did the Exodus Ever Happen?

MAR 15, 202572 MIN
The Humble Skeptic

Did the Exodus Ever Happen?

MAR 15, 202572 MIN

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<p>The foundational narrative behind Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection is the story of Exodus. After all, Jesus is presented in the Gospels as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world,” and was put to death on the eve of Passover. But what if the Israelite exodus from Egypt never really happened? On this episode, Shane talks with Egyptologist David Rohl about why so many contemporary scholars conclude that Israel’s foundational story is rooted in mythology, and why they are blind to clear and convincing evidence in support of the Exodus narrative.</p><p><em>Click </em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/notes-for-episode-69"><em>here</em></a><em> for detailed notes related to this episode, </em><a target="_blank" href="https://whi-radio-members.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2021whi1582aug01-extended.mp3"><em>here</em></a><em> to listen to Shane’s interview with John Lennox on the story of Joseph, and </em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/questioning-conventional-wisdom"><em>here</em></a><em> to listen to another episode featuring the work of David Rohl and his New Chronology.</em></p><p>SHOW NOTES</p><p><strong>Related Episodes</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/questioning-conventional-wisdom">Questioning Conventional Wisdom (Part 1)</a>, (<a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/questioning-conventional-wisdom-part">Part 2</a>), <em>HS #13 & 14 with David Rohl</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/the-sinai-inscriptions">The Sinai Inscriptions</a>, <em>HS #71 with Michael Bar-Ron</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/locating-golgotha">Locating Golgotha</a>,<em> Humble Skeptic #17 with David Rohl</em><a target="_blank" href="https://whi-radio-members.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2021whi1582aug01-extended.mp3">John Lennox on the Story of Joseph</a><em>, White Horse Inn #1582</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/stories-of-jesus-can-they-be-trusted">Stories of Jesus: Can We Trust Them</a>? <em>Humble Skeptic #61 with Peter J. Williams</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/are-the-gospels-history-or-fiction">Are The Gospels History or Fiction</a>? <em>Humble Skeptic #52</em> <em>with John Dickson</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/is-johns-gospel-late-and-unreliable">Is John’s Gospel Late & Unreliable?</a>, <em>Humble Skeptic #51</em> <em>with Daniel Wallace</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/questioning-the-fourth-gospel">Questioning The Fourth Gospel</a>, <em>Humble Skeptic #49</em> <em>with Richard Bauckham</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/the-gospels-as-eyewitness-testimony">The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony</a>, <em>Humble Skeptic #48</em> <em>with Richard Bauckham</em><a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/faith-founded-on-facts">Faith Founded on Facts</a>, <em>Humble Skeptic #15 with Lennox, Dickson, Bauckham, etc.</em></p><p><strong>Related Articles</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://ehrmanblog.org/is-the-exodus-a-myth/">Is The Exodus a Myth?</a><em> Bart Ehrman (cited in commentary)</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/new-evidence-for-a-historical-moses">New Evidence for a Historical Moses?</a><em>, Michael Bar-Ron</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_canaan_bimson.html">The Origins of Israel in Canaan</a>, <em>John Bimson</em><a target="_blank" href="https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/epn_3_bimson.html">Archaeological Data & The Dating of the Patriarchs</a>, <em>John Bimson</em><a target="_blank" href="https://archaeology.org/issues/september-october-2018/features/egypt-hyksos-foreign-dynasty/">Rulers of Foreign Lands</a>, <em>Archaeology Magazine featuring Manfried Bietak</em><a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/is-luke-a-trustworthy-historian">Is Luke a Trustworthy Historian?</a>, <em>Sir William Ramsay</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/internal-evidence-for-the-authenticity">The Authenticity & Genuineness of the Fourth Gospel</a>, <em>J.B. Lightfoot</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/archaelogical-discoveries-related">Archaeological Discoveries Related to Nebuchadnezzar II</a>, <em>Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://shanerose.substack.com/p/water-into-wine">Water Into Wine: An Archaeological Assessment</a>, <em>Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/simon-of-cyrene-an-intriguing-archaelogical">Simon of Cyrene: An Intriguing Archaeological Discovery</a>, <em>Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/outside-the-gospels-what-can-we-really">Outside the Gospels, What Can We Really Know About Jesus</a>?<em> Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/the-date-of-johns-gospel-are-we-witnessing">Paradigm Shift: The Date of John’s Gospel</a>, <em>Shane Rosenthal</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/p/new-life-in-the-new-year">New Life in the New Year: A Brief Account of the Exodus</a>, <em>Shane Rosenthal</em></p><p><strong>Related Books</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Myth-History-David-Rohl-ebook/dp/B08P53DM5R">Exodus: Myth or History</a>? <em>David Rohl — Hard copies are out of print, and used copies are expensive so this link is to the Kindle edition. However, his earlier book, </em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9780099365617/Test-Time-Volume-One-The-Bible-From-0099365618/plp">A Test of Time</a>, <em>covers the same material and used copies are available at a much more reasonable price.</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MFXLZ11">Legendary Kings</a>, <em>David Rohl</em><a target="_blank" href="https://biblicalarchaeology.org.uk/pdf/bimson/redating-the-exodus-and-conquest_bimson.pdf">Redating the Exodus & Conquest</a><em>, John Bimson — FREE</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9781851745418/When-Happen-New-Contexts-Old-1851745416/plp">When Did It Happen</a>? <em>John Bimson</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9781502467072/Biblical-Archaeology-Introduction-Recent-Discoveries-1502467070/plp">Biblical Archaeology</a>, <em>David E. Graves</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9781502467072/Biblical-Archaeology-Introduction-Recent-Discoveries-1502467070/plp">The Ancient Near East</a>,<em> James B. Pritchard (ed.)</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&#38;amp;p=1233100&#38;amp;item_no=557989">Echoes of The Exodus</a>, <em>Wilson & Roberts</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&#38;amp;p=1233100&#38;amp;item_no=562938">Joseph: A Story of Love, Hate & Forgiveness</a>,<em> John Lennox</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.abebooks.com/9780226458120/Structure-Scientific-Revolutions-50th-Anniversary-0226458121/plp">The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</a>,<em> Thomas Kuhn</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&#38;amp;p=1233100&#38;amp;item_no=2948X">The Complete Works of Josephus</a>,<em> Flavius Josephus</em></p><p><strong>Related Video</strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SndOJSV6QDs">Joseph’s Arrival in Egypt</a>,<em> David Rohl and James Hoffmeier</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxw1h-iJ_qE">Joseph’s Palace & Pyramid Tomb</a>,<em> David Rohl</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfQdjdSm2AE">Evidence of Israelite Slavery in Egypt</a>,<em> David Rohl and James Hoffmeier</em><a target="_blank" href="https://store.patternsofevidence.com/products/patterns-of-evidence-the-exodus-dvd">Patterns of Evidence: Exodus</a>, <em>documentary</em> <em>film</em> <em>featuring David Rohl and others</em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2He5ZyIP8k&#38;list=PLrCQerz2L0IexwAzq4zGBX-sl2RwvnFaR">David Rohl Lectures</a>, to purchase the complete set of lectures <a target="_blank" href="https://store.patternsofevidence.com/products/the-david-rohl-lectures-2-dvd-set">click here</a> </p><p><strong>Share with Friends & Family</strong>If you’re a fan of the show, please tell others about the show, and consider posting a link to this episode via your social media feed. Just copy the URL of this page, paste it into your feed, and write a few words. Also, consider writing a positive review of this podcast via the Apple Podcast app, or your preferred podcast portal. The more reviews we get, the more exposure we get! Thanks for your help!</p><p><strong>Make a One-Time Gift or Upgrade to a Paid Subscription</strong>Consider supporting <em>The Humble Skeptic</em> podcast by making a one-time gift or upgrading to a paid subscription via Substack ($5.95 per month, $59 per year). Tax-deductible giving options are also available.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Humble Skeptic at <a href="https://www.humbleskeptic.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">www.humbleskeptic.com/subscribe</a>