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How to Judge Evidence for the Exodus
By Richard HessAn event like the exodus can’t be "proved" in the manner of a scientific experiment. The way to judge is through the adding-up of suggestive details and reliable witnesses.

Richard S. Hess is Earl S. Kalland professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages at Denver Seminary in Littleton, Colorado. He is the author of Israelite Religions: An Archaeological and Biblical Survey (2007) and co-editor, with Bill T. Arnold, of Ancient Israel’s History: An Introduction to Issues and Sources (2014).