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The Real Story of the Exodus

Colin Humphreys, a world-renowned Cambridge University scientist, reveals for the first time the concrete, scientific truth behind the Exodus miracles.

  • The Burning Bush: Caused by a volcanic vent that opened up under the bush.

  • Crossing the Red Sea: The water was pushed back by a very strong wind blowing all night. This is a known physical phenomenon called wind setdown. The details given in the Bible mean we can pinpoint where the Red Sea crossing occurred.

  • Drowning Pharaoh's Army: When the very strong wind suddenly stopped blowing, the water rushed back in the form of a rapidly returning "bore" wave, sweeping Pharaoh's army into the sea.

  • Mount Sinai: The real Mount Sinai is in present-day Saudi Arabia, not the Sinai Desert as is generally assumed.

ISBN-13: 9780060582739

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 04-13-2004

Pages: 368

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.92(d)

Colin Humpreys is a renowned Cambridge University physicist who has received considerable publicity for his ideas and research, which span many fields from computer chips to microprinting, eternal lightbulbs, and computer chips in the brain. His passion for more than 20 years has been examining the Bible in the light of science, and he is expert not only in physics but chemistry, astronomy, and geology. He is president of the Institute of Materials and Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science and head of the Rolls Royce University Technology Centre at Cambridge University, and chair of Christians in Science for the United Kingdom. He was recently honored by the Queen with the title of Commander, Order of the British Empire, for services to science research and communication.Humphreys is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and a Fellow of the Institute of Materials. He has been awarded an Honorary D.Sc. by the University of Leicester. He has been president of the Physics section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He has published over 400 scientific papers and given plenary lectures at major international conferences throughout the world.

What People are Saying About This

Robert Gordon

A simply fascinating, and extremely readable, study of the Israelites in Egypt and on the desert way to Sinai.

John Polkinghorne

A strikingly novel interpretation of the Exodus story that will interest many students of the Bible.

John Ray

This book will re-open the question of what happened when the Hebrews left Egypt for the Promised Land.

Kenneth C. Davis

Humphreys uses all the tools of science to solve one of the great mysteries of all time.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Setting the Scene 1
1. Unlocking the Secrets of the Exodus 3
2. Crossing the River Jordan 15
3. The Date of the Exodus 28
Part 2. Moses and Midian 39
4. Moses and Midian 41
5. The Burning Bush 61
6. The Mountain of God, the Mountain of Fire 82
Part 3. Out of Egypt 95
7. Mission Impossible: The Exodus Strategy 97
8. How Many People Were in the Exodus? 103
9. The Plagues of Egypt 111
10. Death on the Nile 129
Part 4. The Road to the Red Sea 151
11. The Journey Starts: The Pillar of Cloud and the Pillar of Fire 153
12. Where Was the Biblical Red Sea? 172
13. The Red Sea Revealed 188
14. The Lost Site of Etham 206
15. Trapped by Pharaoh 224
16. Crossing the Red Sea 244
Part 5. Discovering Mount Sinai 261
17. Turning Bitter Water Sweet 263
18. From the Clue of the Dew to Water from a Rock 282
19. The Spectacular Site of Mount Sinai 310
Epilogue 337
Bibliography 341
Acknowledgments 348
Index 351