The Exodus Reality: Unearthing the Real History of Moses, Identifying the Pharaohs, and Examing the Exodus from Egypt

Scott Alan Roberts · John Richard Ward

Oct 2013 · Red Wheel/Weiser

About this ebook

“An intriguing narrative . . . A complementary blend of scripture, ancient legends, history, and archaeology, it will stir your curiosity.” —Lorraine Evans, Egyptologist and author of Burying the Dead

In this groundbreaking work, the authors reexamine humanity’s most enduring account of bondage, emancipation, and freedom. The Great Exodus is the story of how one man, empowered by divine epiphany, brought the mighty ancient kingdom of Egypt to its knees. For thousands of years, this story has bolstered the faithful of three major religions, though little historical data confirms it. So the question must be asked: Did it ever really happen?

Roberts, a historian and theologian, and Ward, an archaeologist, Egyptologist, and anthropologist, dig deeply into historical records to answer the most vexing questions:

• Is there any historical evidence for the biblical account of the Great Exodus?
• Was Moses a real person?
• Where is the Biblical Mount Sinai?
• What is the Ark of the Covenant, and where did it come from?
• Why did Moses write about the Serpent and the Nephilim?
• Is there a Templar and Masonic connection to the events and personages in the story?

Did the Exodus take place under Amenhotep II or Amenhotep III, two pharaohs of the same royal house separated by two generations and eighty-odd years? Or were Thutmoses III, Hatshepsut, and Amenhotep Son of Hapu at the core of the action? The authors present two opposing, yet strangely interlaced historical accounts for the Exodus, naming the historical pharaohs and surprising candidates for the historical Moses. While Roberts presents an account that finds its moorings in the efficacy of scriptural historicity, Ward presents a new and completely unique theory for the Exodus and its cast of characters.

About the author

Scott Alan Roberts is an accomplished historian, theologian, writer, public speaker, illustrator, and designer. He attended Bible college and theological seminary, but left for a nearly 30-year career in advertising. He is the founder of the Paradigm Symposium and publisher of Intrepid magazine. Roberts is also the author of The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim and The Secret History of the Reptilians (both from New Page Books). He lives with his wife and children in New Richmond, Wisconsin.Throughout the years, John Richard Ward has conducted numerous investigations of ancient Egyptian architecture and symbolism, and has explored the trade routes of the Western Sarahan Desert. Ward was also recruited by the Knights Templar of Britannia, who have actively sponsored him to conduct several archaeological and historical surveys and expeditions. He and his partner, Dr. Maria Nilsson, are currently engaged in the epigraphic surveys at the quarries of Gebel el Silsila, south of Luxor on the Nile.