Highlights in Exodus

Highlights in Exodus: The Exodus In Controversy and History

Here I am going to endeavor a discussion of the Book of Exodus. This will not be a verse-by-verse commentary. Rather, I will focus on the historical details of the Exodus, on an outline of the history of the children of Israel in the Book of Exodus, and also on the Law, as Christians are often confused concerning the Law, in reference to which commandments are those that Christ expects His disciples to keep, and which commandments are the rituals and civic laws of Israel which are now obsolete under the New Covenant. I may interject comments on other passages where it is fitting. As we always have done in our Old Testament commentaries, we shall follow the King James Version, and do our best to note the significant differences which may be found in the Septuagint, the Dead Sea Scrolls and even the early translations found in the Hexapla of Origen.

On the history of the Exodus, most Christians who pay attention to the mainstream academic jargon, especially when it is echoed in popular media, should already be aware that this is always under attack by one academic scholar or another, and there are always fascinating new “discoveries” which seek to discredit the Exodus account. However sometimes there are discoveries which demonstrate its historicity, and hopefully we shall discuss the more significant of those here.