A large poetic inscription by the Pharaoh Merneptah, c. 1208 B.C.E., thought to contain the earliest known textual reference to Israel.
The Song of Deborah in Judges 5 is similar to both Arabic qaṣīdā poetry and ancient Egyptian epic poetry. How should we categorize it? Is it like the former, and composed orally by a bard, or like the latter, and composed by a royal scribe?
Prof.
Aaron Koller
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Was Israel ever a tribal society? Although some scholars accept the Bible’s depiction of Israel’s pre-monarchic society as a confederation of tribes, others have dismissed this as ahistorical. Can a study of biblical law help us resolve this question?
Prof.
Rami Arav
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Exodus as cultural memory of the demise of Egypt’s 400-year rule over Canaan.
Prof.
Ronald Hendel
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Egyptian records and archaeological findings shed light on the toponyms (place names) that appear in the exodus account: Ramesses, Pithom, Pi-Hahiroth, Baal-Zephon, Migdol, Sukkot, and Yam Suf.
Dr.
David A. Falk
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