A Quote by Baruch Halpern
Hoffmeier furnishes a sophisticated fresh approach to the Biblical Exodus traditions filled with detailed Egyptological background, and utterly indispensable because of its basis in recent, and in many cases as yet unpublished, archaeological data. This is a virtual encyclopedia of the Exodus.
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That [Exodus] occurred, I have no doubt.
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Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.
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