The fact that the Merneptah Stele refers to Israel by name as a Canaanite enemy of Egypt suggests that, by the time of Pharaoh Merneptah, Israel was a large enough group of people to be militarily significant.

The Merneptah Stele suggests a date for the Exodus in roughly:

Which is characteristic of the devotional approach to the Bible?

The Greek word ‘Pentateuch’ is another name for

Studying a literary work ‘synchronically’ means studying it

The goal of the academic approach to the Bible is to

Around 2100 BCE, a large number of Semites migrated from Mesopotamia to Canaan. This historical data supports elements in the story of:

The deity in the second creation story (Gen. 2) is very anthropomorphic. This suggests it was written by

In an ancient Near Eastern vassal treaty, the purpose of the ‘stipulations’ section was to:

Which part of a typical ancient Near Eastern vassal treaty is NOT found in the Sinai Covenant?