Book Talk: Amelia Edwards: The Founding of the Egyptian Exploration Fund and the Exodus In-Person
Join Dr. Peter Feinman for a discussion followed by Q&A about his book, The Exodus: An Egyptian Story.
Did the Exodus occur? This question has been asked in biblical scholarship since its origin as a modern science. The desire to scientifically resolve the question was a key component in the funding of archaeological excavations in the 19th century. Egyptian archaeologists routinely equated sites with their presumed biblical counterpart. Initially, it was taken for granted that the Exodus had occurred. It was simply a matter of finding the archaeological data to prove it. So far, those results have been for naught.
The Exodus: An Egyptian Story takes a very real-world approach to understanding the Exodus. It is not a story of cosmic spectaculars that miraculously or coincidentally occurred when a people prepared to leave Egypt. There are no special effects in the telling of this story. Instead the story will be told with real people in the real world doing what real people do.
This book does not rely on the biblical text and is not trying to prove the Bible true. It places the Exodus within Egyptian history based on the Egyptian archaeological record. It is a story of the rejection of the Egyptian cultural conflict and defiance of Ramses II. Egyptologists, not biblical scholars, are the guides to telling the Exodus story. What would you expect Ramses II to say after he had been humiliated? If there is an Egyptian smoking gun for the Exodus, how would you recognize it? To answer these questions requires one to take the Exodus seriously as a major event at the royal level in Egyptian history.
- Date:
- Saturday, October 15, 2022
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Multipurpose Room
- Categories:
- History & Local Interest Older Adults
- Attachments:
Peter Feinman received his B.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania, a M.Ed. from New York University, an MBA from New York University, and an Ed. D. from Columbia University. He is the founder of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education. His interests cross disciplinary boundaries including American history, ancient civilizations, biblical history, and New York history. He is the president of the Westchester Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Vice President of the American Research Center in Egypt, New York Society. He advocates for the importance of local and state history in the curriculum, community, and tourism and is the author of blogs on The State of State History and The State of American Civics. He is a contributor to the recent book Five Views of the Exodus (Zondervan, April 2021). His new book is The Exodus: An Egyptian Story (Oxbow, November 2021).